He sold his firm for $1b, but believes the next can be 10 times bigger
Tech guru Alisdair Faulkner went from being a “crocodile country” coder to selling little-known ThreatMetrix for a landmark sum. He now has greater ambitions.
Serial entrepreneur Alisdair Faulkner already has a $1 billion-plus exit under his belt, but when you ask him about his experiences starting and scaling cybersecurity companies to date, he describes them as “apprenticeships”.
The 50-year-old from Darwin co-founded and sold cybersecurity risk management platform ThreatMetrix for more than $1 billion in 2018, but he is only just at the beginning of his main act, this time as both the co-founder and CEO of fraud prevention platform Darwinium.
Yolanda RedrupRich List editorYolanda Redrup is the editor of the AFR Rich List. She previously reported on technology, healthcare and Street Talk. Connect with Yolanda on Twitter. Email Yolanda at yolanda.redrup@afr.com
