ALAustralian Leaders Register
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Australian founders

Founders and founder-executives behind major Australian companies.

23 profiles

Melanie Perkins
Co-founder & CEO · Canva›Cliff Obrecht
Co-founder & COO · Canva›Cameron Adams
Co-founder & Chief Product Officer · Canva›Mike Cannon-Brookes
Co-founder & CEO (sole CEO since Sep 2024) · Atlassian›Scott Farquhar
Co-founder; board director & special adviser (stepped down as co-CEO Aug 2024) · Atlassian›Richard White
Founder; Executive Director & Chief Innovation Officer (stepped down as Executive Chair Jul 2026; CEO until Nov 2024) · WiseTech Global›Nick Molnar
Co-founder of Afterpay; Global Head of Sales at Block (post-acquisition) · Afterpay (now part of Block, Inc.)›Anthony Eisen
Co-founder of Afterpay; Block, Inc. board director · Afterpay (now part of Block, Inc.)›Jack Zhang
Co-founder & CEO · Airwallex›Didier Elzinga
Founder (former CEO; CEO transition reported 2026 to Caroline Rawlinson) · Culture Amp›Luke Anear
Founder & Executive Chairman (CEO until early 2025; succeeded by Kelly Vohs) · SafetyCulture›Ruslan Kogan
Founder & CEO · Kogan.com›Kate Morris
Co-founder, Director & Chief of Innovation (former CEO) · Adore Beauty›Ben Thompson
Co-founder & CEO · Employment Hero›Tim Fung
Co-founder & CEO · Airtasker›Larry Diamond
Co-founder & Global/US CEO · Zip Co›Andrew Barnes
Co-founder & Co-CEO · Go1›Greg Roebuck
Co-founder of carsales/CAR Group (retired as CEO 2017); incoming Chair of Seek · CAR Group (carsales.com.au)›Robyn Denholm
Chair of the Board, Tesla, Inc. · Tesla, Inc. (Australian executive)›Andrew Forrest
Founder & Executive Chairman · Fortescue Ltd›Anthony Pratt
Executive Chairman of Pratt Industries (USA) and Chairman of Visy · Visy / Pratt Industries›Bevan Slattery
Serial founder (Megaport, NextDC, Superloop, SUBCO, PIPE Networks, iSeek) · Megaport / NextDC / Superloop›Neel Khokhani
Founder & Principal · Epochal Corporation›