Mike Cannon-Brookes

Michael Cannon-Brookes (born 17 November 1979) is an Australian billionaire, the co-founder and co-CEO of the software company Atlassian. Cannon-Brookes often carries the epithet of accidental billionaire after he and his business partner Scott Farquhar founded Atlassian with the simple aim of replicating the then-typical graduate starting salary of A$48,000 at the big corporations without having to work for someone else.[3][4]

Mike Cannon-Brookes
Mike Cannon-Brookes, May 2018
Born
Michael Cannon-Brookes

(1979-11-17) 17 November 1979
NationalityAustralian
EducationCranbrook School
Alma materUniversity of New South Wales
Known forCo-founder and co-CEO, Atlassian (with Scott Farquhar)
Net worth
Board member ofAtlassian
Spouse(s)Annie Todd

Early life

Mike Cannon-Brookes was born in November 1979,[5] the son of a global banking executive, also named Mike, and his wife, Helen.[6] He graduated from the University of New South Wales with a bachelor's degree in information systems on a UNSW Co-op Scholarship.[7]

Career

With Scott Farquhar, Cannon-Brookes is the co-founder and co-CEO of Atlassian, a collaboration software company. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of New South Wales' School of Computer Science and Engineering. Cannon-Brookes and Farquhar were recognised as the Australian IT Professional of the Year award in 2004, and Australian 2006 Entrepreneur of the Year. Cannon-Brookes was also honoured by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader in 2009 and is a member of The Forum of Young Global Leaders.[7]

In September 2020, it was revealed that Cannon-Brookes was listed on a Chinese Government ‘Overseas Key Individuals Database’ of prominent international individuals of interest for China illustrating his prominence in the Australian technological and industry landscape.[8] Cannon-Brookes has been a prolific commentator on public policy in Australia, collaborating with the Australian Government on a number of occasions, as well as publicly offering his assistance to solve energy and technology policy challenges.[9]

Personal life

Cannon-Brookes is married to Annie Todd and they have four children.[10] Cannon-Brookes and Todd lived in Sydney's eastern suburbs in Centennial Park.[4] In 2018 they bought Fairwater, Australia's most expensive house for approximately A$100 million, next door to Scott Farquhar's A$71 million Point Piper harbourside mansion, Elaine. Cannon-Brookes also acquired the 1923-built heritage residence Verona, designed by architect Leslie Wilkinson and located in Double Bay, for A$17 million.[11] The house previously belonged to New Zealand philanthropist Pat Goodman. Prior to that, in 2016 Cannon-Brookes bought the A$7.05 million SeaDragon house, built in 1936, also designed by Wilkinson and updated by architect Luigi Rosselli.[12] His Centennial Park home sold for A$16.5 million.[13] In 2019 he purchased a house near Fairwater for A$12 million.[14]

Net worth

Alongside his business partner, Farquhar, Cannon-Brookes debuted on the 2007 BRW Young Rich list of the richest Australians aged under 40; and on the BRW Rich 200 in 2013. In 2016, his net worth was estimated by Forbes on the list of Australia's 50 Richest people as US$1.69 billion;[15] by BRW Rich 200 as A$2.00 billion;[16] and by the Sunday Times Rich List as GB£906 million.[17] As of 2019, his net worth was estimated to be A$10 billion, being considered by Forbes the youngest billionaire in Australia and the fifth on the list of Australia's 50 Richest people, 2019.[2][18]

Year BRW
Rich 200		 Forbes
Australia's 50 Richest		 Sunday Times
Rich List
Rank Net worth (A$) Rank Net worth (US$) Rank Net worth (GB£)
2013[19][20] 190 $0.25 billion n/a not listed
2014[21][22] 35 $1.07 billion n/a not listed
2015[15][23] 42 $1.14 billion 25 $1.10 billion
2016[16][15][17] 18 $2.00 billion 14 $1.69 billion £906 million
2017[24][25] 17 $2.51 billion 10 $3.40 billion
2018[26] 12 $5.16 billion 5
2019[27][2] 6 $9.63 billion 5 $6.40 billion
2020[1] 5 $16.93 billion
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References
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  2. "2019 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. January 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
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  4. Kitney, Damon (27 February 2016). "The Cannon-Brookes: balancing life as accidental billionaires". The Australian. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
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  9. "Australian billionaire called Elon Musk after hearing the Prime Minister's energy challenge". www.abc.net.au. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
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