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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