1. Michael Cannon-Brookes was born on 17 November 1979 and is an Australian businessman who is the co-founder and chief executive officer of the software company Atlassian.
16 Facts About Mike Cannon-Brookes
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Michael Mike Cannon-Brookes was born on 17 November 1979 in Connecticut, US.
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Mike Cannon-Brookes's family relocated to Taiwan when he was six months old, and to Hong Kong when he was three; he later attended boarding school in England.
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Mike Cannon-Brookes attended Cranbrook School in Sydney, and graduated from the University of New South Wales with a bachelor's degree in information systems on a UNSW co-op scholarship.
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Mike Cannon-Brookes co-founded Atlassian, a collaboration software company, of which he is CEO.
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Since September 2024, Mike Cannon-Brookes is the sole CEO of the company after Farquhar stepped down as co-CEO.
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Mike Cannon-Brookes started Grok Ventures in 2016 as a family office.
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Mike Cannon-Brookes is a major investor in green projects through his private investing vehicle.
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Mike Cannon-Brookes formed a climate fund called Boundless Earth in 2022.
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Mike Cannon-Brookes is an adjunct professor at the University of New South Wales' School of Computer Science and Engineering.
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Mike Cannon-Brookes is the chairman of Blackbird Ventures, a venture capital firm.
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In September 2020, it was revealed that Mike Cannon-Brookes was among 35,000 Australians on a Chinese Government "Overseas Key Individuals Database" of prominent international individuals of interest for China.
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In 2022, Mike Cannon-Brookes became the largest shareholder of the Australian publicly listed energy company AGL, Australia's largest greenhouse gas emitter, in a move to force the company to de-carbonise more quickly.
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In December 2020, Mike Cannon-Brookes bought a minority stake in NBA team Utah Jazz, along with Qualtrics co-founder Ryan Smith.
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Mike Cannon-Brookes married Annie Todd, an American fashion designer, in 2010, and they have four children together.
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Mike Cannon-Brookes is a member of The Forum of Young Global Leaders.