Is there a better sign of the times? Australia's two richest tech entrepreneurs are now next-door neighbours and owners of the country's two most expensive houses, after a record-breaking sale by the family of the once-dominant traditional media empire Fairfax for almost $100 million.
Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes, 38, and his fashion design wife Annie bought the Fairwater estate of Lady Mary Fairfax in Sydney's exclusive harbour-front enclave of Point Piper after it was on the market for less than three weeks.
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