Business Chief APAC+ANZ Magazine April 2020 | Page 89

Born

SYDNEY , AUSTRALIA ( FARQUHAR ]

Born

CONNECTICUT , US ( CANNON BROOKES )

$ 10.1bn

NET WORTH IN USD

04 03

Scott Farquhar

& Mike Cannon Brookes

ATLASSIAN [ 2002 – PRESENT ]

Co-founding the software company Atlassian together in 2002 , Farquhar and Cannon-Brookes both grew up in New South Wales . The two met whilst studying at the University of New South Wales in the late ‘ 90s and became business partners shortly after graduating . Atlassian , an enterprise software company developing project management and content management applications , currently serves over 135,000 clients and is known for its Jira and Confluence products . Among the youngest billionaires in Australia , both Farquhar and Cannon- Brookes serve as adjunct professors at their alma mater university .
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