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Mike Cannon-Brookes

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CEO and Co-Founder at Atlassian Ventures · Chairman at Blackbird Ventures · Co-founder & co-CEO at Atlassian

Sydney, Australia

FoundedAtlassian

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Tamar YehoshuaunlockedMike: together at Atlassian Ventures (2025–2026)
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×4Mike: together at University of New South Wales
×2Mike: together at Room to Read

About

Mike Cannon-Brookes co-founded Atlassian with Scott Farquhar in 2002 on a $10,000 credit card, built it to a 2015 Nasdaq listing without a traditional enterprise sales force, and made it Australia's most valuable technology company. He is one of Australia's largest climate investors through Grok Ventures, funded the Sun Cable solar project, and took a stake in AGL Energy to block its demerger.

Co-founder & co-CEO at Atlassian

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Co-founders at Atlassian

SFScott Farquhar
Scott FarquharCo-founder & co-CEO

Experience

  1. AtlassianCEO and Co-Foundercurrent2002 — presentSydney, Australia
  2. Boundless EarthPrincipalcurrent2021 — present
  3. Grok VenturesPrincipalcurrent2006 — present
  4. BlackbirdChairmancurrent2020 — present
  5. Room to ReadGlobal Board Chaircurrent2019 — present
  6. University of New South WalesAdjunct Professor - Computer Science & Engineeringcurrent2014 — present
  7. Tyro PaymentsDirector2009 — 2019

Skills & more

Cloud Computing30Artificial Intelligence (AI)Entrepreneurship99Start-ups99Confluence4Venture Capital8Angel Investing7SaaS16Enterprise Software99Web 2.03JIRA12Strategy43
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Podcasts & interviews

featuring Mike Cannon-Brookes

Atlassian CEO, Mike Cannon-Brookes on Why Everything is Overvalued & Are We in an AI Bubble

20VC with Harry Stebbings

Atlassian’s Most Controversial Growth Decision | Mike Cannon-Brookes

Weights & Biases

Rovo for everyone, everywhere with CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes | Atlassian

Atlassian

Mike Cannon-Brookes, Atlassian CEO: A Fortt Knox Update

Fortt Knox · youtube.com

Ep. 003 Mike Cannon-Brookes | Scaling high-growth tech businesses | Atlassian

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Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes Reveals Why He's Trying To Buy Power Company AGL

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Colleagues at Atlassian Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Mike Cannon-Brookes?
Mike Cannon-Brookes co-founded Atlassian with Scott Farquhar in 2002 on a $10,000 credit card, built it to a 2015 Nasdaq listing without a traditional enterprise sales force, and made it Australia's most valuable technology company. He is one of Australia's largest climate investors through Grok Ventures, funded the Sun Cable solar project, and took a stake in AGL Energy to block its demerger.
Where does Mike Cannon-Brookes work?
Mike Cannon-Brookes is Co-founder & co-CEO of Atlassian and CEO and Co-Founder at Atlassian Ventures.
What companies did Mike Cannon-Brookes found?
Mike Cannon-Brookes founded Atlassian.
Where did Mike Cannon-Brookes go to school?
Mike Cannon-Brookes studied at UNSW (BCom, Information Systems).
What podcasts and interviews feature Mike Cannon-Brookes?
Tracked appearances include "Atlassian CEO, Mike Cannon-Brookes on Why Everything is Overvalued & Are We in an AI Bubble", "Atlassian’s Most Controversial Growth Decision | Mike Cannon-Brookes", "Rovo for everyone, everywhere with CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes | Atlassian", and 3 more.

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