Mike Cannon-Brookes

$10.93B
$130.8M (1.2%)
as of 08/10/26

About Mike Cannon-Brookes

Mike Cannon-Brookes is cofounder and CEO of collaboration software firm Atlassian, based in Sydney.

He and cofounder Scott Farquhar started the company soon after graduating from college, funding it with credit cards.

In 2023, he took over Sydney based renewable energy outfit Sun Cable. It was a joint venture with fellow billionaire Andrew Forrest but they fell out.

He acquired a minority stake in Australian energy company AGL Energy in 2022.

In 2023, he separated from Annie, his wife of 13 years.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Australia

Source of wealth

Software

Residence

Sydney, Australia

Marital status

Separated

Birth date

11/17/79 (age 46)

Number of children

4

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of New South Wales

Self-made

self-made

Mike Cannon-Brookes’s fortune is worth

182K

troy ounces of gold

168K

median U.S. household

109K

median U.S. income

0.219%

U.S. credit card volume

0.044%

GDP of the United States

0.032%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Cannon-Brookes has been a vocal advocate for reducing Australia's reliance on fossil fuels, in favor of renewable energy sources.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

ASX | AGL-AU

AGL Energy

NASDAQ | TEAM-US

Atlassian Corp

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