_Brit Bill Gates_ Mike Lynch was on Bayesian yacht before it sank as 4 Brits feared dead(360P)

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00:00The man dubbed Britain's Bill Gates is missing after a 14 million pound luxury super yacht

00:04capsized off the coast of Sicily. Mike Lynch, a billionaire tech entrepreneur,

00:09is one of four Brits missing after the boat carrying 22 sank early this morning. He's one

00:14of six that haven't been found after tornadoes struck the vessel as high winds lashed the

00:19Italian coastline. Lynch's wife is reportedly among those who have been rescued after the

00:23vessel sunk at around 4am. It was around 300 metres out to sea from the port of Portocello.

00:29Lynch is a billionaire tech entrepreneur who has been dubbed Britain's Bill Gates after having

00:34sold a business to HP for £9 billion. One of the other missing is his lawyer. He was extradited to

00:40the US after he was charged with inflating the price of the business by a fraudulent amount.

00:44He was acquitted of those charges in June. The six missing are four Brits and two Americans

00:50after the Canadian chef was found dead with the wreckage, Italian media have reported.

00:55The body of one dead man was found with the wreckage 160 feet below the surface of the

00:59Mediterranean. Search and rescue services including divers and helicopters are desperately still

01:04looking for those missing. The luxury boat, named the Bayesian, is a charter vessel with the second

01:10highest mast in the world. It costs a whopping £166,000 per week to hire. One incredible story

01:17of survival has already emerged from the shocking tragedy, with a mother revealing she rescued her

01:21one-year-old child from the sea. Brit tourist Charlotte used all her strength to keep her baby

01:26above the water after they were forced into the choppy waves. She revealed to Italian newspaper

01:31La Repubblica that she, quote, screamed for help but all I could hear from around me was the screams

01:37of others. Charlotte, her child and a group of 11 people treaded water. They were able to get on

01:42board a blow-up life raft and head to safety. Almost all of the 22 passengers and crew on board

01:47is said to have been inside their cabins and rooms when the weather took a turn. The yacht was

01:51said to have started to sink just off the shoreline, with its anchor still down, as local crews of

01:56fishermen quickly spotted the distressed vessel and managed to help raise the anchor and save those

02:01in the water. Search and rescue teams using divers and helicopters were desperately looking for the

02:05six missing people today. The ship is managed by Camper and Nicholson's International. A

02:10spokesperson for the company told the BBC that they are dealing with a situation on board one

02:14of their managed vessels.