Awards and Media Coverage
In September 2012 he was inducted into the Digital Hall of Fame, British Interactive Media Association.
He was named Entrepreneur of the Year in 1999 by the Confederation of British Industry and was awarded the Institution of Electrical Engineers medal for outstanding achievement.
Time magazine named Lynch in their 25 most influential technology people in Europe in 2000.
The World Economic Forum presented Lynch with an award for Autonomy as a technology pioneer in 2000. Lynch was awarded an OBE in the 2006 New Year Honours.
He is a Lady Margaret Beaufort fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge.
In 2007, he was awarded Technology Entrepreneur of the year by the European Technology Forum at their 2007 conference.
In March 2008, he was chosen Innovator of the year at the European Business Leader of the year awards 'EBLA'. In June 2008, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
In October 2008, Silicon.com readers voted him one of the top five most influential people in technology along with Tim Berners-Lee, Steve Jobs, Jimmy Wales and Eric Schmidt. In January 2009, Management Today chose him as entrepreneur of the year.
Lynch has twice been a finalist for Investor Relations award of the year. In 2009 he was voted one of the top 25 best CEOs pan sector in Europe by fund managers in the annual Extel survey. He is Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Suffolk.
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