Mike Cannon-Brookes

Michael Cannon-Brookes (born 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 to replicate the A$48,000 graduate starting salary typical at the big corporations without having to work for someone else.

Mike Cannon-Brookes was born in November 1979, the son of a global banking executive, also named Mike, and his wife, Helen. He was educated at Cranbrook School in Sydney, and graduated from the University of New South Wales with a bachelor's degree in information systems.

With Farquhar, Cannon-Brookes is the co-founder and co-CEO of Atlassian, a collaboration software company that helps more than 51,000 large and small organizations – including some of the biggest names in media, manufacturing and technology – use Atlassian’s tracking, collaboration, communication, service management and development products. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of New South Wales' School of Computer Science and Engineering. Cannon-Brookes and Farquhar were recognized for their achievements as the Australian IT Professional of the Year award in 2004, and Australian 2006 Entrepreneur of the Year. Cannon-Brookes was also honored by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader in 2009 and is a member of The Forum of Young Global Leaders.

He is married to Annie Todd with two children, and lives in Sydney's eastern suburbs in Centennial Park.

Alongside his business partner, Farquhar, Cannon-Brookes debuted on the 2007 BRW Young Rich list of the richest Australians aged 40; and on the BRW Rich 200 in 2013 with an estimated net worth of A$250 milion. In 2016, his net worth was estimated by Forbes on the list of Australia's 50 Richest people as US$1.69 bn; by BRW Rich 200 as A$2.00 bn; and by the Sunday Times Rich List as GB£906 million.

Wealth rankings

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	7002190000000000000♠190	$0.25 billion	n/a	not listed
2014	7001350000000000000♠35	$1.07 billion	n/a	not listed
2015	7001420000000000000♠42	$1.14 billion	7001250000000000000♠25	$1.10 billion
2016	7001180000000000000♠18	$2.00 billion	7001140000000000000♠14	$1.69 billion		£906 million

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