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This week Nick talks Katie and Jeremy Prescott
Katie Prescott is the Technology Business Editor at The Times and a weekly columnist for its award-winning business section. A regular contributor to Times Radio and The Times daily podcast, The Story, she is widely recognised following a decade at the BBC, where she reported on technology and business for Radio 4’s Today programme. She hosts The Times Tech Podcast and was named Tech Commentator of the Year at the UK Tech Awards.
In the episode, Nick discusses with Katie and her father Jeremy the story behind Katie’s debut book, The Curious Case of Mike Lynch. Drawing on Katie’s reporting for The Times and Jeremy’s long career in the City, the conversation traces Lynch’s journey from a prodigiously talented outsider to the founder of Autonomy, once one of Britain’s most celebrated technology companies, and into the complex, decade-long legal battles that followed its £11bn sale to Hewlett-Packard. Together, they unpack the culture of Silicon Fen, the pressures of public markets, the blurred lines between aggressive growth and alleged fraud, and the profound personal and professional consequences that culminated in the tragic final chapter of Lynch’s life.
Katie and Jeremy's Book Choices where:
Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Fall by John Preston
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
Katie and Jeremy's Music choices where:
Charles Trenet - Boum
Charles Trenet - La Mer
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Katie Prescott is the Technology Business Editor at The Times and a weekly columnist for its award-winning business section. A regular contributor to Times Radio and The Times daily podcast, The Story, she is widely recognised following a decade at the BBC, where she reported on technology and business for Radio 4’s Today programme. She hosts The Times Tech Podcast and was named Tech Commentator of the Year at the UK Tech Awards.
In the episode, Nick discusses with Katie and her father Jeremy the story behind Katie’s debut book, The Curious Case of Mike Lynch. Drawing on Katie’s reporting for The Times and Jeremy’s long career in the City, the conversation traces Lynch’s journey from a prodigiously talented outsider to the founder of Autonomy, once one of Britain’s most celebrated technology companies, and into the complex, decade-long legal battles that followed its £11bn sale to Hewlett-Packard. Together, they unpack the culture of Silicon Fen, the pressures of public markets, the blurred lines between aggressive growth and alleged fraud, and the profound personal and professional consequences that culminated in the tragic final chapter of Lynch’s life.
Katie and Jeremy's Book Choices where:
Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Fall by John Preston
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
Katie and Jeremy's Music choices where:
Charles Trenet - Boum
Charles Trenet - La Mer
This content is issued by Zeus Capital Limited (“Zeus”) (Incorporated in England & Wales No. 4417845), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) for designated investment business, (Reg No. 224621) and is a member firm of the London Stock Exchange. This content is for information purposes only and neither the information contained, nor the opinions expressed within, constitute or are to be construed as an offer or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell the securities or other instruments mentioned in it. Zeus shall not be liable for any direct or indirect damages, including lost profits arising in any way from the information contained in this material. This material is for the use of intended recipients only.
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What is A Different Perspective?
A Different Perspective is a Zeus podcast, hosted by Nick Searle, Co-Head of Equity Sales. In the different perspective podcast we speak to interesting characters within finance and business to understand more about their personal journey and ambitions. This is co-mingled with a discussion about their business. It’s more about the formation of the individual than the business per se; thus trying to gain that different perspective.
This content is issued by Zeus Capital Limited (“Zeus”) (Incorporated in England & Wales No. 4417845), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) for designated investment business, (Reg No. 224621) and is a member firm of the London Stock Exchange. This content is for information purposes only and neither the information contained, nor the opinions expressed within, constitute or are to be construed as an offer or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell the securities or other instruments mentioned in it. Zeus shall not be liable for any direct or indirect damages, including lost profits arising in any way from the information contained in this material. This material is for the use of intended recipients only.