However, according to an Astronomer spokesperson, the statement is fake and no official communication has been issued yet by the company or its CEO, San Francisco Chronicle reported. Byron is reportedly married to Megan Kerrigan Byron, a teacher in Massachusetts with whom he shares two kids.

A tech company whose boss was filmed hugging a colleague at a Coldplay concert has said a purported statement from him expressing remorse is fake.

In a sign of the times, you can now bet on whether tech honcho Andy Byron, now famous for all the wrong reasons, will step down from his post as CEO of Astronomer, a private data infrastructure company worth more than $1 billion, before the end of the month.