Who is Mike Lynch, the tech boss of Irish descent missing in superyacht sinking?

Mike Lynch was born to Irish parents and raised near Chelmsford in Essex, where his mother worked as a nurse and his father was a firefighter. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Mike Lynch, the software millionaire missing after the sinking of a superyacht off the coast of Sicily, is seen in Britain as one of the few examples of an entrepreneur to create a global technology company.

Mr Lynch was born in Ilford, Essex, and raised in nearby Chelmsford, where his mother was a nurse and his father a firefighter. His mother is originally from Tipperary while his father is a Cork native.