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The 8 best boat parties to sail away on in NYC this summer

New York! Get boozy on a boat in 2024

Maya Skidmore

This summer, the heat is on and the best way to cool down is to get out on the water. You athletic types can try kayaking NYC’s rivers , and landlubbers can stick to the city’s prominent waterfront restaurants and boat bars , but if you have any hint of seafaring fun in you, a boat party in NYC is one of the best things to do in the summer . Open waters, sea breezes and stunning views of Manhattan are all on tap when you embark on a booze cruise in NYC. Oh and did we mention full bars, great food, and live music?

Take your summer celebrations to the next level and set sail with these incredible NYC boat parties. There’s something for everyone, whether it’s a cantina-themed boat, a lobster-centric excursion, a fine dining cruise or a leisurely happy hour float. You’re more than welcome to rock the boat on a rock n roll cruise, and cocktails are tastier when sipped on a yacht. Check out these NYC boat parties for a totally nautical summer.

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1.  north river lobster company.

North River Lobster Company

During the summer,  North River Lobster Company  (New York City’s beloved floating seafood restaurant since 2014) offers four daily sailings at 1pm, 3pm, 5pm and 7pm from Wednesday to Sunday every week. Afternoon cruises are 1 hour and the 7pm cruise is a two-hour route to the Statue of Liberty and back —how beautiful! On the menu: Maine Lobster Rolls, seafood platters, burgers, and ready-to-share appetizers. New menu items this year include tuna tartare, clam dip and chips, The Skagen shrimp roll, and sweet lobster clawsicles in four different flavors (mango, piña colada, strawberry and lime). The best deal on board may be the $17 glass of rosé and 3 oyster special, or you can go all out with the epic 28-inch lobster roll (dubbed the world’s largest lobster roll) for $149, to feed a group.

2.  Evening Jazz Cruise

Evening Jazz Cruise

Here’s one for the schmoozy, romantic vacationers who are seeking a maximum NYC experience. This sunset sailing cruise with a live jazz band will have you gazing (and jiving) out as the sun drops below Manhattan. Sitting on a 1920s sailing boat, you’ll sail past NYC’s biggest landmarks (including the Statue of Liberty) while a live band plays a mix of beloved classics to contemporary R&B renditions. With an alcoholic drink in hand, live jazz in your ears, and the city lights sparkling in your eyes across the water, you’re in for a swingingly good time.

3.  Alive After Five Happy Hour Cruise

Alive After Five Happy Hour Cruise

You didn’t forget all about Happy Hour, did you? It’s basically your dang right after making it through your day job. Gather your clocked-out coworkers and friends and board the Alive After Five cruise, which makes the most of happy hour—it actually lasts two hours —along the Hudson River in City Cruises’ Sensation yacht. You’ll have two climate-controlled desks to choose from, plus a covered roof deck, and multiple dance floors if that’s your jam. And if you still have sea legs for social life after all that social distancing, the cruise has a DJ to get the party moving.

4.  Rocks Off Concert Cruises

Rocks Off Concert Cruises

If you’re looking for yacht rock, look away: the savvy organizers of this floating concert snare hard rock bands like Murphy’s Law, Badfish, and Electric Six that draw die hard fans for serious—and often seriously sweaty—rock sessions. They know the ropes when it comes to pulling off a bash in a boat, so make sure you’re ready for plenty of percussion and less calls for mutiny than encores.

5.  Bateaux New York Dining Cruises

Bateaux New York Dining Cruises

Is it really a party if you’re sitting down? Yes—it’s called a dinner party . On the fancier side (semi-formal dress is encouraged), this dinner cruise looks particularly swell inside the European-inspired Bateaux New York, a glass-roofed boat that soaks in Manhattan’s lit skyline after sunset while navigating the East and Hudson Rivers. The experience takes it up a notch with live music—a two-piece acoustic band led by a female vocalist—and takes dinner to the next level with seafood towers, filet mignon, and lobster tails.

6.  Evening Cocktail Cruise

Evening Cocktail Cruise

Head to Chelsea Piers and say cheers with an evening cocktail party aboard a 1920’s inspired yacht, an intimate little party boat that rounds out a 1.75 hour journey with modern riffs on old-school cocktails, like a Sake Gimlet or a Rosemary Rickey. The charter, Sail NYC, runs a tight ship—and we mean that literally, considering the boat’s smaller size—that’ll get you tipsy in no time. Yes, the focus is technically on the booze, but also on the views seen from the yacht’s large windows as you ease past classic sites like the Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge, and Ellis Island.

7.  La Barca Cantina

La Barca Cantina

La Barca Cantina , the only Mexican restaurant on a boat in NYC, serves a summer street food-inspired menu that’ll get the party started for you and your friends. Based at Pier 81, next to its sister-restaurant North River Lobster Company, La Barca spans three levels with an expansive outdoor top deck with a bar and table seating, a bi-level interior space with two bars, table seating and booth-like tables—perfect for large groups.  Even better, it takes short cruises multiple times per day, five days a week, offering up sweeping views of the NYC skyline. (It's a must to reserve a table for cocktails at sunset.)

8.  Narwhal Yacht Charters

Narwhal Yacht Charters

A party is what you make of it, especially when you make it your own . For a little more privacy, groups of up to six can rent their own excursion with Narwhal Yacht Charters—it’s on the pricier end, but the seasoned charter is worth their salt, having just celebrated its 10th season on NYC’s waters. The captain provides the necessities (bottled water, sodas, ice, napkins, that sorta stuff) but the rest is up to you. Pick up food from your favorite restaurant, bring all of your favorite booze, and set sail with your besties.

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Looking to Celebrate your Birthday with your family & friends in a big way? There is literally no bigger or better way to celebrate your birthday than on a yacht in New York City!! Join #NYPartyCruise on a Late Night or Sunset Cruise on a party yacht as we sail alongside the legendary New York City skyline. We have Birthday Packages to help make your birthday one you and your friends will never forget. There are indoor & outdoor levels, bars to purchase drinks and bottle service. Hookah is available for purchase on select events. All of this, along with the most amazing skyline in the background to capture in those epic Birthday Selfies, is just the way you should celebrate your birthday with your family and friends!

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  • We cannot give a total price quote on birthday packages as it would depend on what the ticket price is at the time you purchase tickets. As it is subject to change, as mentioned above, the total would depend on the price listed on your personalized webpage when you decide to complete your purchase..
  • There are NO additional 'package fees' for a package other than the ticket price (+ processing fees) and the amount of purchased tickets required for each package...but there are Optional upgrade offers at an additional cost should you want to reserve a table with Bottle Service. (optional upgrade info listed below)
  • Email [email protected] for information to reserve a table with bottle service.
  • You Must purchase Admission Tickets. A Reserved Table is a separate option and requires Bottle Service to be paid at the event. Email us to reserve a table in advance.
  • NO REFUNDS! All tickets are non-refundable; if you choose not to celebrate your birthday on the cruise after tickets are purchased, you and/or your guests will not receive a refund. All Sales Are Final!

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  • Tickets must be purchased; they are NOT reserved. You are NOT guaranteed any number of tickets.
  • Birthday Packages are based on the number of tickets purchased through the personalized webpage link we create & email to your attention.
  • Each package has a minimum number of tickets that must be purchased to receive that package.
  • LESS THAN THE MINIMUM: **You can still reserve a package even if you have less than the minimum number of guests for the entire package as you are automatically eligible for the Personalized Birthday Webpage & Shout Outs. If you do not reach the minimum, you will not receive the remaining features.

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  • You will be notified at this point or when the event is sold out if sooner as to what package you will receive based on the total purchases made through your webpage.
  • Advise your guests not to wait to purchase tickets as all our events are sold out in advance.
  • If tickets are still on sale after 12pm the day before the event you may still purchase tickets, but they will not be tallied towards your total for the birthday package. Any tickets purchased after 12pm the day before the event, if available, will be counted as a general sale & not towards your package. There is no guarantee that tickets will still be available the day before the event as tickets are likely to be sold out before this date.

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  • You do NOT need to immediately purchase the birthday person's ticket as you will receive a free ticket for the birthday person IF you have at least 20 purchased tickets purchased through your personalized webpage before the final package deadline.
  • If you do not reach this minimum amount by the time the event is listed as sold out OR by 12pm the day before the event on the final package deadline, then you will be emailed a link to purchase the birthday person's ticket at the starting price.
  • This is only available for the birthday person, not other guests. We have the birthday person's ticket on hold to either be sent to you as a free ticket or to send you a link to purchase the ticket, depending on if you receive a package.

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  • Updates are emailed once to twice a week on designated days with an updated list of who has purchased tickets through your webpage to help you keep track of guests. If you do not receive an email for a while, it may be due to no updates on your list. You may email us at [email protected] if you would like to follow up on who has purchased but again, we do send updates once to twice a week.

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  • Birthday Packages do NOT provide a Reserved Table with the package for events on the Jewel Yacht or the Majestic Princess. Table Reservations Require Bottle Service.
  • If you would like a Table Reservation, Bottle Service is required. For Information, email us at [email protected]
  • We will email you a list of bottles prices & packages and you can reply to confirm you want a table reservation. Once you arrive, you can let the door staff know you have a table reservation and you can provide them with the full name on the reservation. You will still need to purchase tickets for admission.
  • Reserved Tables DO NOT have seating for your entire party at one time, but everyone in your group will have access to your table all night AND will have access to all levels of the yacht all night.
  • Guests may NOT bring their own food or bottles/beverages.
  • This is NOT a sit-down cruise...This is a Dance Cruise!
  • If you are looking for an event with seating for all of your guests, then we suggest chartering a private cruise as the open-to-the-public cruises associated with these birthday packages are not meant to have multiple tables or seating for every guest in attendance…this is a Dance Cruise, not a sit-down dinner type of cruise.

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On the Atlantis Yacht, we host private parties or private events for every conceivable occasion. Our party planning specialists can assist you in planning every detail of your party and yacht rental. From special menu items and preferences, to exotic bar drinks and decoration ideas, we are here to help you make that birthday, anniversary, bar mitzvah, prom, or sweet 16 the most memorable event and yacht charter or yacht rental ever.

Our Yacht Party Cruises will delight your guests with views of the New York City Skyline. The Atlantis of New York Cruises is a unique event venue with all of the luxuries of a catering hall on your own personal yacht rental! A boat like no other, the Atlantis was designed to impress. From the exterior yacht styling to our custom built sound and lighting, the team at New York Cruises created a one-of-a kind luxury boat available for yacht rental.

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We offer a yacht rental, event space or venue, for any occasion including corporate events , product launches, team building or meetings, weddings which can include an intimate ceremony on our sky deck, Sweet Sixteens that will leave lasting impression, engagement parties that set the tone leading up to your big day, fundraisers that are a unique experience, birthday parties that will create lasting memories!

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The Atlantis of New York Cruises has 3 separate decks that allow for a cocktail space and main dinning area during your luxury yacht cruise. Our floor plans are customizable and are created based on the needs of your cruise. Choosing the Atlantis as your Yacht rental for your next private event means that your guests are our only concentration.

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The team at New York Cruises’ Atlantis Yacht will work with you to plan your private event.  One of the first steps in the process is planning a location for your yacht charter.  We offer yacht rental in multiple locations in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.  Our team would be happy to assist you in choosing a location for your private event.

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Imagine mingling with guests as you cruise by the skyline of New York. An Atlantis party boat cruise and yacht rental is an experience you will never forget…

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When you plan an event that starts with a yacht rental NYC, you can truly begin to take entertainment to the next level. If you're hosting a memorable party in Manhattan, a yacht party rental is a vital part of this process. We can provide ways for you to entertain the best party on a boat ever, whether you're planning a birthday party, a full wedding reception, or something that's somewhere in between. A cruise can be a fantastic way to celebrate an important day and enjoy a special occasion with your friends and family. Our party planners are always pleased to work with you to find out the details about your event so that they can help it proceed as you'd like exactly.

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When you book a party cruise NYC, you'll gain the ability to host distinctive parties. When you're planning the best possible party on the Hudson River, starting by searching "party boat rentals near me" is a great way to go. We're happy to provide various options for you so that you can host your party on a boat in Manhattan, whether you're planning a wedding reception, an exclusive party, a bachelor party, or a giant birthday bash. Party boat rentals are a fantastic way to enjoy special moments, allowing you to plan parties that can be memorable for decades. Our skilled planners can work with you to determine all of the essential information about what your event should entail, then help you pull it off without a hitch.

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If you're ready to mingle with your friends while drinking, dancing, and taking in some of the most delightful views of the New York Harbor, it may be time to think about booking a Booze Cruise NYC. These cruises are a fantastic way to share information about your business with influencers and other young adults, enjoy special occasions together, or raise money for a nonprofit that you support. If you're interested in hosting or attending a booze cruise New York, reach out to us today so we can get you the information you need. We're happy to provide you with tickets for an already scheduled event, or we can send you the details you'll need to host a booze cruise of your own.

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lanning a bachelor or bachelorette party can be an overwhelming process. Your goal is to make the special day go as smoothly as possible and to host the best party your friends have seen, but it can be stressful. However, when you hire us to put together a bachelorette and bachelor party NYC, we're happy to make the process quick, easy, and virtually stress-free. You can easily prepare for a boat rental to cater for the evening's events so that you can plan a memorable party with as little stress as possible.

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It can be overwhelming to plan a special event, but when you plan the best boat cruise in NYC, we can help make the process easier. Our all-inclusive cruises NYC are delightful options for wedding receptions, Mother's day, birthdays, and other special occasions. Whether you're setting up a special dinner on a party boat for a small special event or a large gathering, we're happy to be able to help. We're delighted to offer a wide variety of menu items, selections for drinks, and unique ways to help make your special day more enjoyable.

SON AND FATHER

A Fathers Day cruise is much more than an impressive gift for Fathers Day. It is an outstanding experience that your dad will treasure forever. Show him the unique sites of New York City with brunch as a special treat that enables you to spend quality time with your dad while enjoying stunning views, attentive service, and inspired meals. Whether you want to plan a cruise for the two of you or the whole family, we can assure you that the occasion will be extraordinary.

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Take your Halloween activities up a notch by boarding our exciting Halloween cruise. The Halloween cruise 2020 is a party that is filled with adventure and enjoyment to make your holiday as memorable as possible. Celebrate, dance, and interact with other mythical characters, wolves, and wizards. The DJ provides live entertainment that will keep you moving throughout the cruise. A wide selection of refreshments is available at our open bar.

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Whether you are in the mood for a romantic getaway or you and your friends want to extend the party, you can join us during our Labor Day cruise that acknowledges the efforts of hard-working Americans. Raise a glass to celebrate the nation’s success while floating along the Hudson River and enjoying the magnificent views that get the skyline of New York City renowned. It is truly the best way to relax after a busy week.

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A Memorial Day cruise is one of the best ways to honor the lives of courageous individuals who made immense sacrifices to serve the country. Travel along the Hudson River while enjoying fantastic views of various significant landmarks within New York City, such as the Statue of Liberty and the Freedom Tower. Boarding one of our famous cruises is the first step towards an extraordinary experience..

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Get to celebrate the USA on the best 4th of July cruise NYC with us as we party and honor Independence Day. Sail along River Hudson and watch the breathtaking display of fireworks. View the fireworks from our lavish yacht’s deck with spectacular scenes that include Manhattan’s skyline in the background.

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Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican army’s unexpected victory over French forces during the Puebla Battle. You can join the celebrations with us on a rental boat cruise NYC this year. Board the yacht and set off for the most spectacular New York City skyline and landmark views. Consume a range of Mexican cultural delights, including music, enchiladas, and refreshing margaritas.

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Our dinner cruise NYC packages will have you floating along the Hudson River under the watchful gaze of the Statue of Liberty. What could be more romantic than sharing a delicious meal with the person you love while looking over the calm water at the spectacular views floating past? Get in touch with us now to reserve your dinner boat cruise NYC experience now.

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Let your mom know how much you value her by planning a Mother’s Day cruise 2020. Enjoy a cruise holiday with your mother and participate in different activities onboard, including an array of dining options. Moms are always doing amazing things for their loved ones, and on Mother’s Day, you can show your appreciation through a cruise experience that she will treasure.

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Are you planning a birthday party? If you’re looking for a way to make it an epic birthday party, you should consider our birthday boat rentals. No one is too young or old to have a birthday party on a boat. We allow you to hold a party on a luxurious yacht and give your guests an experience they’re never going to forget.

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Are you planning a brunch? Whether it is for a special occasion with your significant other, family, friends, or colleagues, our brunch cruise NYC packages will ensure that it is an event that your guests will not forget any time soon.

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Looking for something fun to do with your kids? A  kids party cruise  is the perfect way to provide your kids with a unique and fun experience that they won’t forget for a long time to come. Our  NYC New York  kids’ cruises offer fun and adventure for the entire family. Whether you’re visiting the Big Apple or are planning a kid’s party, you can’t go wrong with a boat ride down the Hudson River.

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Enjoy the best of Latin House, Salsa, Merengue, and much more on our  Latin dance cruise NYC  rentals. Climb aboard a  Latin cruise  for an evening of fun, dance, and the best Latin food and drink on the Hudson River. Our live DJ will keep you on your feet with the latest and best Latin music. Dance the night away as you take in magnificent views of the city and her famous landmarks.

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A sweet sixteen is a milestone that should get celebrated with profound memories. Our  sweet 16 sixteen party  cruise will ensure that you remember this day for the rest of your life. Our all-inclusive  packages  guarantee that you won’t have to worry about a thing on the day of the party. You can sit back and enjoy the best that a  boat  cruise on the Hudson River offers.

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Consider taking this year’s prom to the water and have  prom on a boat.  Our  yacht rentals  are sure to make your prom or after-prom-party a special occasion that no one will forget. Our boats are the perfect venue to hold an unforgettable event. We’ll provide you with a site that is safe, private, and unique. With our boat  rentals,  you can make this a night to remember for all the right reasons.

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Everyone wants to have a unique wedding. If you’re looking for a way to make your wedding a memorable one, get in touch with us. Please choose from our customizable  cruise wedding packages  to find the package that meets your needs. There’s nothing more memorable than a wedding ceremony or reception on the water.

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Had a tough week or a long day? Looking for a great way to unwind? Join us on our  after work booze sunset cruise NYC  for an opportunity to get away from the New York crowds and relax. Whether it’s a  Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,  or  Friday,  our cruises are available throughout the week.

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Our  dinner cruise NYC  packages will have you floating along the Hudson River under the watchful gaze of the Statue of Liberty. What could be more romantic than sharing a delicious meal with the person you love while looking over the calm water at the spectacular views floating past? Get in touch with us now to reserve your  dinner boat cruise NYC  experience now.

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Please take advantage of the Easter break by coming along with us on our Easter cruises 2021. We aim to create a fun-filled and memorable experience with different activities. Enjoy the quality services that we provide when you book a cruise. Try out a variety of meals that include several favorites renowned in NYC. Drink a cocktail while watching the beautiful city views as they pass by. Enjoy an up-close encounter with numerous New York City landmarks like the Statue of Liberty.

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A speaking slot at a national party’s nominating convention is among the most coveted prizes in American politics, offering veteran officeholders and up-and-comers alike the chance to speak to — and be seen by — an entire nation.

At the Democratic National Convention this week in Chicago, five of those rare slots will go to a group that most likely would be unfamiliar to previous convention planners: social media influencers.

Convention officials said each night would include at least one influencer. The speakers are Deja Foxx, Nabela Noor, Carlos Eduardo Espina, Olivia Julianna and John Russell, a group of millennial and Gen Z influencers who, collectively, have well over 24 million social media followers.

They will speak on the same podium as President Biden; the Democratic nominees, Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota; and party luminaries, including two former presidents, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, among others.

“This feels very affirming,” said Ms. Foxx, 24, a reproductive rights activist from Arizona who worked on Ms. Harris’s first presidential campaign. She’ll speak about abortion rights on Monday night in a program that will also feature Mr. Biden. “I don’t take it lightly that I’m speaking on the same night as the president of the United States,” she said.

These speakers represent a significant shift for the convention and underscore the Democratic Party’s efforts to speak to voters whose news diet exists outside traditional media. Last month, a conservative influencer, the actress and model Amber Rose, spoke on the first night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

The speaker roster at conventions tends to mix elected officials with entertainment figures and regular citizens who can speak to particular policy issues. The Republicans’ convention last month featured a number of people the party called “Everyday Americans,” who discussed topics including immigration, inflation and crime.

A study by the Pew Research Center last year found that almost half of Americans get some of their news from social media and that a third of adults under 30 get their news from TikTok.

To help chase those potential voters, the D.N.C. has, for the first time, granted credentials to more than 200 influencers, offering them the kind of wide-ranging access to events and people traditionally provided only to the press. It’s also giving them a special “creator platform” within the convention venue in Chicago, the United Center: a special V.I.P. box directly above the arena floor.

Providing influencers time onstage gives them the chance to repost clips of their speeches to their own social media accounts as well as the feeds of other influencers watching the show, all in pursuit of the modern media era’s most valuable prize of all: virality.

“ Content creators are a vehicle to reach new audiences, not just through their content, but through their unique ability to speak authentically to their own communities,” said Emily Soong, a spokeswoman for the convention.

Ms. Foxx said she was first approached by organizers a few weeks ago and has since worked with a campaign speechwriter to hone her presentation. “I was pretty nervous but now I’m feeling really ready,” she said. “I’ve been running through my speech every day.”

The lineup on Tuesday night will include Ms. Noor, a Muslim American known for her makeup tutorials, cooking videos and frank talk about her challenging journey to motherhood. With more than 11 million followers spread across TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, she will speak on a night whose theme, “A Bold Vision for America’s Future,” is meant to draw contrasts between the Harris-Walz ticket and their Republican rivals, Donald J. Trump and Senator JD Vance of Ohio.

For Wednesday’s program, Mr. Espina, the son of Latin American immigrants who has amassed a huge following on TikTok with his videos about news, politics, food and soccer, will talk about immigration. Although he normally posts in Spanish, he is expected to deliver his remarks in English.

That night will also include Ms. Julianna, who has called herself “a plus-size queer Latina from rural Southeast Texas” and gained a following from her involvement in Gen-Z for Change , a youth-oriented political activism group. Her top issues include climate change and, like Ms. Foxx, abortion access.

“Peer to peer organizing is one of the most powerful tools we have in our democracy,” said Ms. Julianna, whose speech topic will be “freedom.” For years I’ve spoken directly to my fellow young Americans through my social media pages, knocking doors for Democratic candidates, and rallying for fundamental freedoms across the country.”

During the convention’s final night, which organizers are describing, thematically, as a narrative about how the 2024 election is a fight “for our future,” Mr. Russell, a self-described “dirtbag journalist” will have a chance to speak.

Based in West Virginia, he worked on rural policy and engagement for Senator Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign in 2020, ran unsuccessfully for Congress, and has built a following on his progressive coverage of the industrial Midwest and his strong support of labor unions. In his social media bios, he describes himself as “biased for the working class.”

Ken Bensinger covers right wing media and national political campaigns for The Times. More about Ken Bensinger

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Breaking news, captain of doomed yacht that capsized off italian coast speaks out as desperate search for survivors is carried out.

The captain of the doomed Bayesian superyacht that capsized off the coast of Italy on Monday said the crew and passengers had no idea a tornado was about to rage through the region until their ship sank.

Captain James Catfield, who piloted the 184-foot, British-flagged luxury yacht, was among the 15 crew members and passengers to survive after the tornado struck Monday before sunrise.

“We didn’t see it coming,” Catfield told Italian newspaper La Repubblica from the hospital, where he was limping due to an injury.

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One person, believed to be the on-ship chef, died in the wreck and six people remain missing, including British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and top New York City lawyer Christopher Morvillo .

Morvillo’s wife, Neda, a jewelry designer, is also one of the six passengers still missing, officials said. 

In addition to the Morvillos and Lynch, the missing include Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, as well as Jonathan Bloomer, a chairman at Morgan Stanley Internationa l, and Bloomer’s wife, Judy.

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What to know after a tornado sank the yacht Bayesian off the coast of Sicily, leaving one dead and six missing:

  • A superyacht capsized off the coast of Sicily after a tornado hit the area early Monday, killing one passenger and leaving five others missing — including Michael Lynch, a tech tycoon known as “Britain’s Bill Gates,” officials said.
  • Lynch had invited guests from the legal firm that represented him, Clifford Chance, and Invoke Capital, his own company, on the voyage,  according to the Telegraph . 
  • Captain James Catfield, who piloted the 184-foot, British-flagged craft, was among the 15 crew members and passengers to survive after the tornado struck Monday before sunrise.
  • Security camera footage shot from 650 feet from where the  Bayesian sank Monday  shows it slowly disappearing.
  • Italian authorities have said the chances of the passengers surviving the disaster was very small, but “never say never.”

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Morvillo, 59, helped Lynch, the owner of the capsized luxury boat, win his fraud trial earlier this year.

Lynch had invited guests from the legal firm that represented him, Clifford Chance, and Invoke Capital, his own company, on the voyage, according to the Telegraph . 

The boat left the Sicilian port of Milazzo on Aug. 14 and was last tracked east of Palermo on Sunday evening, according to vessel tracking app Vesselfinder.

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Police divers continued their search for the missing passengers Tuesday, focusing on an area some 164 feet underwater, where officials believe people may be trapped.

The search thus far has been slow because the Bayesian sits 50 meters below the surface, where divers can only stay for 12 minutes at a time, fire rescue officials said Tuesday.

Fire officials have said the six people unaccounted for will be referred to as “missing” until they are located in the wreckage. 

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The wreck of the Bayesian: How Mike Lynch’s party to celebrate beating multi-billion fraud charges turned to tragedy in an instant

UK tech mogul Mike Lynch’s yacht Bayesian was named after a mathematical model for calculating risk.

But, no one could have predicted the destruction that a pre-dawn storm would bring to the 184-foot sailing ship Monday and the 22 revelers aboard.

Just after 4 a.m., lightening began to flare over the warm waters off the coast of the Italian island of Sicily.

Within minutes, a squall of tornado-like waterspouts pummeled the superyacht where it was anchored in Porticello harbor.

“We didn’t see it coming,” Bayesian’s captain James Catflield told La Repubblica from a hospital bed Tuesday, hours after the ship sank in 160 feet of water.

Fifteen people — including Lynch’s wife, and a mother and her 1-year-old baby — managed to escape.

Six passengers were still missing as of Wednesday morning local time: Lynch, 59; his 18-year-old daughter Hannah; New York City attorney Christopher Morvillo and his wife Neda; and Morgan Stanley exec Jonathan Bloomer and his wife Judy.

The body of chef Ricardo Thomas — one of the ten crew members – was the only known fatality.

Lynch — who was dubbed “Britain’s Bill Gates” — had invited his guests onboard the yacht for a grand celebration over his acquittal of multibillion-dollar fraud charges following a federal trial in San Francisco.

Lynch was accused of scheming to increase the valuation of his company Autonomy before he sold it to Hewlett-Packard in 2011 for $11 billion.

After the sale, HP wrote off $8.8 billion from the acquisition and claimed Lynch had cooked the books.

The legal fight lasted a grueling 12 years – and on top of being placed on house arrest for 13 months — Lynch faced up to 25 years in prison if convicted.

The result was stunning. Less than 1% of federal criminal cases end in acquittal.

Morvillo, a 59-year-old partner at a white-shoe law firm, described elation in the courtroom.

“It was this electric moment. I’ve never seen anything like it in a courtroom before,” Morvillo told the legal podcast “For the Defense” just a few days before the Bayesian disaster.

After the acquittal, Lynch’s wife — 57-year-old Angela Baracas — screamed and ran to hug her husband, he said.

“Grown people sobbing, hugging … people clapping, it was remarkable,” Morvillo said, describing an ensuring celebration party “that lasted into the small hours of the morning.”

In an emotional LinkedIn post written after verdict, Morvillo thanked his two daughters and wife for their support throughout the legal battle.

A source at the family’s luxury building apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side said they believed Morvillo’s daughters, both in their 20s, were in Italy with their parents but were not on the boat.

Lynch — whose net worth plummeted from $1.1 billion to $650 million over the last year — described getting a new lease on life.

“The question is, what do you want to do with it?” Lynch told the Sunday Times of London in July after the acquittal.

That celebration extended into the summer, culminating in the grand Mediterranean cruise onboard the Bayesian.

But it was shattered Monday morning when the severe squall blasted through Porticello, sinking the yacht in just two minutes — while smaller boats nearby seemed to escape with little damage.

“We waited for this waterspout to pass,” local fisherman Fabio Cefalù told EVN news, recalling how he stayed on shore as the squall blew in, and watched it consume the Bayesian.

“After 10 minutes we went out to the sea and we saw cushions and all the rest of the boat, and everything which was on the deck, at sea.

However, we did not see any people in the sea.”

Exactly what caused the superyacht to sink remains unknown – but some experts have speculated that the ship’s unusually tall 240-foot mast may have foundered what should otherwise have been a very seaworthy vessel.

The mast may have acted like a sail and pushed the boat on its side as high winds struck it, Maritime Search and Rescue Council chair Matthew Schanck told the BBC.

Whatever happened, it happened fast, leaving people on board with just moments to save themselves.

“The boat was still floating, then all of a sudden it disappeared,” another fisherman who witnessed the catastrophe told the local newspaper Giornale di Sicilia.

Onboard, Lynch’s wife Bacares was shaken awake after the boat sharply “tilted.”

Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported that at first she didn’t think anything was wrong, but then she was showered in shattered glass, and sliced her feet scrambling over the debris as she rushed on deck and over the side into the storming sea.

Another passenger, Charlotte Golunski, had gone on deck with her partner James and their one-year-old daughter as the storm kicked up, describing “thunder, lightning and waves that made our boat dance” and seemed like “the end of the world.”

Then they were tossed into the salt water by the tempest.

“For two seconds I lost my daughter in the sea, then quickly hugged her amid the fury of the waves,” she told La Repubblica.

“I held her afloat with all my strength, my arms stretched upwards to keep her from drowning.”

“It was all dark. In the water I couldn’t keep my eyes open. I screamed for help, but all I could hear around me was the screams of others.”

A small inflatable emergency raft was deployed in the chaos as the boat slipped beneath the waves, and the 15 survivors managed to scramble onboard before they were rescued by a nearby boater.

Authorities said the six missing passengers are believed to be trapped in the network of cabins inside the boat – a luxurious space when afloat, but one that has become a claustrophobic trap underwater as furniture, baggage, and sailing gear drifts about and blocks up the passageways.

Complicating the search is the depth where the wreck wrests on its side, which leaves divers no more than 10 minutes at the site before they need to resurface for oxygen.

Nick Sloane, an engineer who worked on the Costa Concordia salvage operation a decade ago, told Sky News that there was a possibility the missing passengers could still be alive — surviving in air pockets left in the wreckage.

He said search teams had “a very small window of time to try to find people stuck inside” Italian authorities said late Tuesday that the chances of survival were very slim, but “never say never.”

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Clifford Chance partner among those missing in loss of Mike Lynch yacht Bayesian

By Michael Cross 2024-08-20T10:26:00+01:00

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The Clifford Chance partner who acted for UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch in defeating US fraud charges earlier this summer is missing along with his client following the sinking of the sailing yacht Bayesian off the coast of Sicily yesterday. According to the magic circle firm, Christopher J Morvillo, a former assistant US attorney for the Southern District of New York, specialises in representing corporate and individual clients in white-collar government investigations. 

In June this year, Lynch was cleared by a federal jury in California of criminal charges relating to the $11bn sale of his software startup Autonomy to US-based Hewlett-Packard. His acquittal of US criminal charges followed an English High Court ruling in 2022 that Lynch and another Autonomy executive had fraudulently inflated the company’s revenue ahead of the acquisition. 

Bayesian sank yesterday morning while at anchor off the coast of Sicily. Of the 22 people on board, 15 were rescued. They are reported to include Clifford Chance associate Ayla Ronald. One body has so far been found while six people are missing. 

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Bayesian sank at anchor yesterday morning

Morvillo, who became a Clifford Chance partner in 2011, had a high-profile role in prosecutions and investigations, including those arising from the 11 September attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. He led the legal team which succeeded in clearing Lynch of securities and wire fraud. On the witness stand in California, Lynch denied the allegations against him, asserting that the US$8.8 billion write-down HP took the year after the Autonomy acquisition was the company’s own fault. 

Following the acquittal, Morvillo said: 'We are thrilled with the jury’s verdict, which reflects a resounding rejection of the government’s profound overreach in this case. The evidence presented at trial demonstrated conclusively that Mike Lynch is innocent. This verdict closes the book on a relentless 13-year effort to pin HP’s well-documented ineptitude on Dr Lynch. Thankfully, the truth has finally prevailed. We thank Dr Lynch for his trust throughout this ordeal and hope that he can now return home to England to resume his life and continue innovating.’

A Clifford Chance spokesperson said: 'We are in shock and deeply saddened by this tragic incident. Our thoughts are with our partner, Christopher Morvillo, and his wife Neda who are among the missing. Our utmost priority is providing support to the family as well as our colleague Ayla Ronald, who together with her partner, thankfully survived the incident. Our thoughts extend to the other passengers and crew and all those affected. We have no further comment at this time. We, and the families, ask that their request for privacy is honored during this period.'

Irish-born Lynch has been a key figure in the AI sector. Among the ventures in which he has invested is the UK-based legal AI pioneer Luminance, whose software is used by 700 organisations worldwide including one quarter of the top-100 law firms.  

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"It is very high," Granholm told ABC News about Democrats' enthusiasm. "People will be exhausted if it stays this high all the way through. But honestly, for Democrats, it has to stay high. There is so much work to do if we can't take anything for granted. These polls are starting to look good. It's clear she's got momentum, but this is not for time to let up on the accelerator."

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JUST a month ago, Mike Lynch gleefully spoke about making up for lost time and his “second life” after defying microscopic 0.5 per cent odds that he wouldn't spend the rest of his life in prison.

The tech tycoon , often branded “the British Bill Gates” , had been locked in 12 years of legal battles to clear his name over claims of fraud related to the 2011 sale of his firm Autonomy to Hewlett Packard for $11.7billion.

Mike Lynch with wife Angela, who was rescued after the yacht sank

Prosecutors had claimed Mike and his financial director Shushovan Hussain had “used every accounting trick in the book” to overinflate the value of his business by $5billion in Silicon Valley’s biggest-ever fraud trial.

The 59-year-old had been living under house arrest in San Francisco, US, with just his beloved dog Faucet for company, for well over a year when he was finally acquitted two months ago and spoke about longing to spend time with his wife, Angela Bacares and their two daughters.

If found guilty, he would have been sentenced to 25 years in prison but said he would not have survived due to his age and various health conditions. He was given a 0.5 per cent chance of winning the trial.

To celebrate Mike’s against-the-odds victory, he chartered the £14million superyacht Bayesian owned by him and his wife to sail around the Italian island of Sicily with his family and those close to him - but tragedy struck .

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In the early hours of Monday morning, the 56metre vessel sank off the coast of village Porticello during a storm when a waterspout - similar to a tornado - broke the mast and capsized the boat.

Authorities managed to rescue 15 people including Mike’s wife Angela - but the software tycoon, his daughter Hannah, 18, and four others remain missing. 

The Bayesian has been found 50 metres underwater on the sea bed, with search and rescue teams unable to reach rooms due to furniture blocking passageways. 

In a short statement, captain of the yacht James Catfield told La Repubblica: “We didn't see it coming.”

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Tributes have started to pour in for those aboard the ship - including Mike, who rose from a lowly hospital cleaner to being named the UK’s most influential person in IT.

The tycoon, worth an estimated £852million, was born in the Republic of Ireland in 1965 before moving to Chelmsford, Essex, with his firefighter dad and nurse mum. 

His first job was as a hospital cleaner, with him telling The Times: “I’m still a demon mopper. There’s an art form to it, you know.”

But it was his analytical skills that led him to become one of Britain’s respected minds - including in 2011 becoming Prime Minister David Cameron’s science and technology advisor. 

Early on, Mike earned a scholarship to private school Bancroft’s, which today charges £8,330 per term, and later a place at Christ’s College, Cambridge University .

He studied physics, mathematics and biochemistry and after graduated with a PhD in artificial neural networks - a type of machine learning - and his doctoral thesis is said to be one of the most widely read pieces in the university library. 

Rescue personnel tirelessly worked off the coast of Porticello, near Palermo, in Sicily

'Late nights & cold pizza'

Mike was involved in a number of start-ups in the Eighties before founding Autonomy, which made him from $516million for his eight per cent ownership stake when it sold in 2011. 

The former firms included Lynett Systems Ltd, which created audio products and designs for electronic synethesizer keyboards, after he negotiated a £2,000 loan in a bar. Another was a software used by police that focused on number plate, fingerprint and facial recognition. 

In 1996, software company Autonomy was born, which would be used to analyse huge swathes of data from unstructured sources like phone calls, emails and videos.

Describing his small team he said: “Eccentric people working really hard on a project. No bureaucracy. No admin. Lots of late nights, lots of eating cold pizza”.

Autonomy became an instant success and benefitted from the dotcom boom, which led it to join the FTSE 100 of top UK listed companies. 

The achievements with Mike, the chief executive officer, at the helm led to considerable praise including receiving an OBE for services to enterprise in 2006. 

'Bond obsessive'

While building his empire, Mike admitted to being “hard-charging” and was described as “blunt and dictatorial” by critics - but he had a lighter, kooky side. 

A James Bond obsessive, he named conference rooms after 007 villains, including Dr No and Goldfinger, and even had a piranha tank in the company’s atrium, in a nod to You Only Live Twice. He also drove an Aston Martin DB5, like the fictional spy.

I’d had to say goodbye to everything and everyone, because I didn’t know if I’d ever be coming back. Mike Lynch

Others compared him to a Mafia boss - and to jokingly lean into that in 2005, he released a corporate video where he dubbed himself ‘Big Mike’ and wore a mob-style fedora as one of his ‘associates’ smashed a phone with a baseball bat.  

This didn’t detract from Autonomy’s success - they had 2,000 employees in 20 countries and their software was used by the likes of US phone company AT&T, global bank BNP Paribas and US firm BlackRock.

By 2010, they were able to fork out £20million on a sponsorship deal with Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur and one year later, Hewlett Packard (HP) came knocking.

'Every trick in the book'

They were reportedly so desperate for the firm they paid $11.7billion for the firm - 64 per cent over the company’s stock market value. 

Mike said: “One of the great mythologies was that I had a choice to sell, it would have been like trying to stop a herd of elephants.”

The buyout was seen as a way to save HP, which was struggling financially at the time, but within five weeks of the takeover, shares in the company tanked.

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HP chief executive Leo Apotheker, who brokered the deal, was jettisoned and replaced by Meg Whitman, a tech whizz who had recently lost her bid to become California governor at a cost of $140million of her own money.

Mike was fired alongside 27,000 HP workers and other with the vision to make it a success. 

HP announced an $8.8billion writedown - admitting they had paid four times the amount Autonomy was worth and later alleged “serious accounting improprieties”.

They alleged Mike and his team had deliberately inflated the value of the company by $5billion with fake sales and financially dishonesty - what would ensue was 12 years of high-profile court battles. 

His daughters were just nine and six when their dad was labelled a fraudster.

“I remember early on sitting them down and the analogy I gave my six-year-old was that Daddy had sold someone a plant. They hadn’t watered it, it had died, and they were trying to blame Daddy for this,” he told The Times.

“There was a long period when they thought I would somehow fix this, but the nearer we got to the date, the more they understood that this was a battle."

In 2015, the UK’s Serious Fraud Office dropped the case due to a lack of evidence but across the pond, a storm was brewing that would lead to the largest fraud trial in Silicon Valley history. 

Facing 17 charges of conspiracy, securities fraud and wire fraud, later reduced to 15, Mike was extradited to the US in March last year after being arrested outside his sprawling Chelsea home. 

Who are the six still missing from the Bayesian yacht tragedy?

By  Ellie Doughty , Foreign News Reporter

THE BAYESIAN superyacht was hosting a lavish party for 12 guests, with 10 crew also onboard.

After 15 people were rescued from the water on Monday, six people remain missing and one has been found dead.

Italian authorities said the man recovered near the yacht wreckage was the chef working onboard.

Four of the missing are British and two are American.

Mike Lynch, 59, and his daughter Hannah, 18, are among the four Brits lost at sea.

International chairman of bank giant Morgan Stanley, Brit Jonathan Bloomer, 70, is also missing along with his wife Judy.

As is top New York lawyer Chris Morvillo, a solicitor at major firm Clifford Chance who worked for Mike Lynch, and his wife Neda

 “It has to be wrong that a US prosecutor has more power over a British citizen living in England than the UK police do,” he said at the time. 

Extradited in chains

At London Heathrow, Mike was put in shackles by US Marshals which weren’t taken off until he reached the home he would spent the next 13 months inside under 24-hour surveillance, wearing an ankle tag and having surrendered his passport and $100million bond.

Mike said: “It’s ridiculous. You’re in chains, even though, like, what are you going to do? As you can see, I’m not exactly an Olympic boxing champion.”

He faced 25 years in prison if found guilty and believed he was likely to die if incarcerated due to suffering “various medical things that would have made it very difficult to survive” including a serious lung condition. 

“I’d had to say goodbye to everything and everyone, because I didn’t know if I’d ever be coming back,” Mike reflected after his release.

“If this had gone the wrong way, it would have been the end of life as I have known it in any sense.”

Mike Lynch is married to wife Angela Bacares and had two kids Hannah, 18, and a 21-year-old daughter

The cases took a toll on his family too. Mike’s brother while he was under house arrest, meaning he was unable to attend the funeral, and his mum also died before he was cleared. 

0.5% chance of victory

Mike remained laser focussed on winning his case choosing to “never watch anything with prisons in it” in the face of damning chances of him being exonerated. 

It’s estimated just 0.5 per cent of all federal criminal cases in the US end in the defendant being cleared - despite this Mike would go on to win.

A few things worked in his favour including the trial being so ‘boring’ and detail-heavy - filled with emails, reports and jargon-laden spreadsheets - that jurors were left glassy-eyed and one was dismissed due to falling asleep multiple times. 

Another was Mike’s former finance director Sushovan Hussain having already been found guilty for the same alleged crime , which meant his prosecutors knew what would be used in the case against him. 

Prosecutors were also said to have failed to go “right for the jugular” when Mike was called as a final witness on the stand and instead asked “no probing questions”, instead reviewing the “chronology of documents”.

It’s ridiculous. You’re in chains, even though, like, what are you going to do? As you can see, I’m not exactly an Olympic boxing champion. Mike Lynch

When Mike was found not guilty, he said the moment as “indescribable” and later in a text said it was “so wonderful” to be home with his wife and daughters, 21 and 18. 

Mike said: “If this had gone the wrong way, it would have been the end of my life as I have known it in any sense. 

“It's bizarre, but now you have a second life - the question is, what do you want to do with it?”

'St Peter's questions'

Mike couldn't wait to return to the UK - where he has a luxurious home in Chelsea, London, and sprawling 16th Century home Loudham Hall, in Pettistree, Suffolk, that cost £6million.

At the latter, he and wife Angela - who has kept out of the public spotlight - threw a garden party to celebrate that included prominent business people and politicians including former deputy prime minister Therese Coffey and Tory peer Lord Deben.

The acquittal heralded a change in how he interpreted his life – and through tears, he told The Times he had “a different mindset” due to the “very strange situation” he had been through.

The Bayesian off Porticello, Palermo, in Italy, at night

He said: “I stood on Piccadilly Circus the other day, which has the most enormous permanent traffic jam, and I’m just thinking, ‘This is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.’”

Despite being cleared, Mike was due to write a sizeable cheque after being found to have committed fraud during a 2022 battle in London’s High Court. 

HP had demanded $5billion. A judge had yet to decide how much he should pay but did note it would not be the full requested amount. 

After being acquitted in the US, Mike spoke about spending more precious time with his family.

His older daughter, now 21, was studying physics at university and Hannah, 18, was due to go to Oxford this autumn.

Exhausted by his ordeal he wanted to take the family on a much-needed holiday before he worked the next big plans in his life - which would lead to the tragic yacht disaster. 

The vessel is named after Bayesian inference - a statistical theory developed by 18th Century philosopher and mathematician Thomas Bayes - which helped make Mike's company Autonomy such a success.

Prior to the holiday, he said: “You don’t realise how tired you are until you stop and have a chance to be tired. It is that sort of exhaustion in your bones.”

Mike was reportedly planning to form a UK version of the Innocence Project - a US charity that works to free wrongly convicted people after thinking about his legacy - due to admitting it was only the millions he spent that guaranteed his freedom.

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It followed him thinking deeply about what he had done during his lifetime and asking, what he described as “Saint Peter’s questions”.

In what’s now a hauntingly sad response, Mike explained it to mean: “So you arrive at the Pearly Gates before being dispatched to the elevator down to the basement, and you say to Saint Peter, ‘You know, just before I go, what was that all about? What was that?’”

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