he explained mike leggett's legacy to the tech sector.— explained mike leggett's legacy to the tech sector tech _ the tech sector. he had a very rapid rise in the tech sector, _ the tech sector. he had a very rapid rise in the tech sector, but - the tech sector. he had a very rapid rise in the tech sector, but he also l rise in the tech sector, but he also fell from grace very abruptly at the beginning of the last decade. his ascension came when he was one of a number of entrepreneurs who came out of cambridge university — he did his doctorate there, he studied there, and he was one of the first people to realise how much he could use the expertise from cambridge university in the newly developing tech world around the turn—of—the—century. so he founded a company called autonomy in 1996 - that he founded a company called autonomy in 1996 — that was a company that did data crunching for large businesses, data crunching and services. there was very successful, it went through something of a low point, as many tech businesses did, when the tech bubble burst. but over the early to thousands, t

mike lynch recently said he wanted to get back to doing what he enjoyed most innovating, but there are grave doubts he will get that chance. simon jack, bbc news. theo leggett now. mike lynch�*s co—defendant in the trial mentioned in simon�*s jonathan bloomer was a member of the financial services aristocracy in the uk, chief executive of prudential ensure a full five years for example, at that company for a total of the decade. chair of a number of other companies. as you say currently chair of hiscox, a pillar of the uk financial services establishment, another person on board was chris morvillo, one of the lawyers of mike lynch in the united states case, prosecutors allege he was guilty of fraud over the purchase and 20 of ii of autonomy by hewlett—packa rd. purchase and 20 of 11 of autonomy by hewlett-packard.— hewlett-packard. edward said the tri the hewlett-packard. edward said the trip they were _ hewlett-packard. edward said the trip they were on _ hewlett-packard. edward said the trip they were on was _ hewlett-packard. edward said the trip they were on was to _ hewlett-packard. edward said the trip they were on was to thank - hewlett-packard. edwa

we will speak to our international business correspondent, theo leggett inafew in a few moments about mike worked with mike lynch and sought his guidance when he has co—founding the ministry of sound remembers him as very supportive and encouraging. we spoke to you while i go where there was still hope and hope for good news but we have now had it confirmed that the body of mike lynch has been retrieved from the sea and from this vessel. a very difficult thing for people like you who knew him so well to have to process. it is people like you who knew him so well to have to process.— to have to process. it is impossible to have to process. it is impossible to process- — to have to process. it is impossible to process- he _ to have to process. it is impossible to process. he was _ to have to process. it is impossible to process. he was a _ to have to process. it is impossible to process. he was a wonderful- to have to process. it is impossible l to process. he was a wonderful man. —— let's speak to david tabizel — he co—founded the company autonomy with mike lynch. i'm just glad now we are r