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Billionaires club: Bianca Rinehart, Heloise Pratt, Gina Rineheart, Gretel Packer, Melanie Perkins.

Family money the super-fuel on female billionaires list

Australia has a lot of female billionaires per capita, but all but one have had access to the family money tree.

  • Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman

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  • Genevieve Quigley and Julia Naughton
Canva co-founder Melanie Perkins is committed to her “dream job” as chief executive of the company.

Canva to go up against Microsoft and Google

Australia’s most successful privately held technology company is betting on documents, virtual whiteboards and website design to justify its mammoth valuation.

  • Nick Bonyhady
Canva CEO Melanie Perkins has vowed to give away more than half of her fortune.

Canva founders join Bill Gates’ Giving Pledge to give away most of their fortune

The Giving Pledge says 14 more billionaires, including the founders of Australian design startup Canva, promised this year to donate more than half their fortunes, joining a total to 231 philanthropists from 28 countries.

  • Glenn Gamboa
Melanie Perkins, co-founder of Canva, plans to give the majority of her wealth away.

Canva founders to put their billions to good use

The Australian design startup has been valued at $US40 billion ($55 billion) in its latest capital raising, making it the world’s most valuable private consumer software company ever.

  • Cara Waters
Canva co-founders Cameron Adams, Cliff Obrecht and Melanie Perkins have seen their business hit a $55 billion valuation.

Australia’s $55 billion new tech giant teaches old corporates a lesson

For older established companies, typically run by male baby boomers, the concept of a social licence is relatively new. Unintentionally, the story of Canva amounts to generational shaming.

  • Elizabeth Knight
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“I think the traditional notion of going into work in the office isn’t going to really exist anymore,“: Canva co-founder Cameron Adams.

Eight times a year in the office: Canva prepares for ‘fully flexible’ return

High-flying design software startup Canva is readying for a fully flexible return to work once lockdowns come to an end.

  • Cara Waters
Canva co-founders Cameron Adams, Cliff Obrecht and Melanie Perkins have found the shift in the way people are working has driven platform’s growth through the pandemic.

‘Exponential rate:’ Canva’s growth spurt revealed in regulatory filing

Financial accounts show tech darling Canva’s growth has exploded over the past year as the shift in the way people work during the pandemic boosted its revenue. 

  • Cara Waters
Melanie Perkins is the co-founder and chief executive of Canva which is now valued at $19 billion.

‘Truly special’: Canva’s valuation rockets to $19 billion

Australian graphic design startup Canva has hit a valuation of $US15 billion ($19.7 billion) on paper after securing a new round of investment.  

  • Cara Waters
Tyro co-founder Cliff Obrecht has backed Facebook’s stance.

Canva co-founder backs Facebook’s move to ban news, slams ‘stupid’ tech regulation

Tech mogul Cliff Obrecht has backed Facebook’s nationwide news ban and says the Australian government does not understand technology companies.

  • Cara Waters

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