This Month
Canva, Cotton On and Atlassian among the top 20 corporate givers
The amount of funds donated by the top 50 corporate philanthropists has jumped to $1.7 billion.
- Sally Patten
- Opinion
- Business People of the Year
Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht take Canva to the next level
The founders were busier than ever before their bumper US listing, nailing some early challenges to propel them onto the Business People of the Year list.
- Paul Smith
- Opinion
- Business People of the Year
Humble starts, billion-dollar deals unite Business Person of the Year winners
Founders of Chemist Warehouse Jack Gance, Sam Gance and Mario Verrocchi, and AirTrunk’s Robin Khuda take the top prize for 2024.
- James Thomson
November
Start-up stars: what’s happened to tech’s Class of 2021
VC firms that wrote huge cheques on very generous valuations in 2021 are now nervously watching Australia’s most heavily backed start-ups. How are they going now?
- Tess Bennett
Who is Canva’s new Wall Street weapon?
Canva’s new chief financial officer Kelly Steckelberg has seen the highs and the lows of the tech boom, and starts on Tuesday as Canva heads to an IPO.
- Amelia McGuire
Canva poaches a mastermind of Zoom’s IPO
The appointment ends eight months of speculation after Canva’s former chief financial officer stepped down after allegations of misconduct.
- Updated
- Amelia McGuire
October
- Exclusive
- Young Rich
Australia’s richest people 40 and under break record
The Young Rich List, now in its 21st year, set a new high for total wealth of $41.7 billion in 2024, dominated by technology entrepreneurs and retailers.
- Yolanda Redrup
The secret to raising hundreds of millions like these Young Rich
Entrepreneurs on the Young Rich List have raised more than $US3.6 billion in funding from venture capital and private equity. Here are their top tips.
- Yolanda Redrup
How to have a job you love, save the world and earn up to $800k
This week BOSS speaks to four executives who are helping to save the planet. All have a high level of job satisfaction, and all earn decent money. It appears it is possible to have it all.
- Sally Patten
September
The five most powerful Australian tech leaders in 2024
The biggest deal of the year, the end of an era at Atlassian and the rising influence of super funds helped to shape the list of technology’s most powerful in 2024.
- Updated
- Paul Smith
July
It was called the ‘next Canva’, so Canva bought it
Canva has acquired AI design start-up Leonardo.AI in a surprise deal worth over $120 million. The ACCC is taking notice.
- Staff reporter
May
- Exclusive
- Rich List
Australia’s wealthiest 200 now control $625b
Technology is back, resources rode a roller coaster and property growth returned, giving Australia’s Rich Listers an 11pc boost to their total fortune.
- Updated
- Yolanda Redrup and Michael Bailey
- Exclusive
- Start-ups
‘If you don’t like it, get a job at a bank’: Canva boss
The design software giant’s all-singing, all-dancing debut event in Los Angeles came with a host of new features – and rumblings of a cost to its tired staff.
- Nick Bonyhady
- Exclusive
- Start-ups
Canva, in the US, lifts the lid on its plan to win over Wall Street
It has hit $US2.3 billion revenue, but growth among individual users is slowing, so Canva is relying on big customers to keep its financials in IPO-shape.
- Nick Bonyhady
April
Macquarie, ANZ and Canva CEOs help power Australia’s India push
Governments hope to prevent another false dawn in bilateral trade and investment by getting business to work on policy.
- James Eyers
February
Keating’s list of business greats spans miners and property moguls
Keith Campbell, Rod Carnegie and Marius Kloppers were all praised by the prime minister who oversaw a period of great change in the Australian economy.
- Michael Stutchbury
January
Canva share sale booms as revenue races higher
Canva will raise over $1.5 billion in an upcoming sale of shares, with the company revealing that AI enthusiasm helped its revenue crack the $US2 billion mark.
- Paul Smith
October 2023
Australia’s 100 richest people under 40 revealed
The Young Rich List, now in its 20th year, shows shop owners are thriving in another patchy year for tech founders, and there’s a new young billionaire in town.
- Updated
- Michael Bailey
- Exclusive
- Funding
Canva won’t list before 2025, but investors will still get rich soon
The graphic design software company is such a success that guessing when its IPO will be held has become a parlour game for the Australian technology sector.
- Nick Bonyhady
September 2023
Australia’s five most powerful tech leaders for 2023
From a funding winter to cyberattacks and the rise of artificial intelligence, it has been a big year for Australian techies.
- Paul Smith