Morgan Stanley International chairman Jonathan Bloomer and his wife are among the six people still missing after a mega-yacht sank off the coast of Italy Monday morning, according to officials and reports. Bloomer remains unaccounted for after the Bayesian — a 184-foot luxury sailboat — capsized with 22 people aboard off the port of Porticello after it was struck by a tornado, Salvatore Cocina, head of the civil protection agency in Sicily, said. His wife is also missing, The Daily Mail reported .
British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, 59, and his 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, have also not been found since the ship wrecked. The Italian agency also confirmed that Chris Morvillo, an attorney at British law firm Clifford Chance, which represented Lynch in a massive fraud case in California earlier this year, is also missing, The Guardian reported . The Post has reached out to Morgan Stanley and Clifford Chance for comment.
The ship’s chef, Canadian-born Thomas Recaldo, was confirmed dead by Italian officials and his body was recovered. Bloomer, reportedly a close friend of Lynch’s, is also the chairman of insurance provider Hiscox and was formerly the chief executive of Prudential, according to his LinkedIn profile. Fifteen others onboard, including Lynch’s wife Angela Bacares — who owns the ship — and a one-year-old girl, managed to escape the superyacht before it went down.
The boat was carrying a crew of 10 people and 12 passengers when it sank. Eight of those rescued.