Cannon-Brookes

Two Sydney software entrepreneurs and the owners of Atlassian, Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar, also made the top five with a combined wealth of $360 million, up from $314 million last year.

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This would mean that Accel took a 15% stake, something that passes the sniff test for the stage Atlassian is at, the strength of their business and their general reluctance to take investment in the past despite, as Cannon-Brookes explained, the fact that they've had meetings with "more than 50 VC's over the years".

The Next Web 2010

Cannon-Brookes admits to pressure to live up to the mantle, especially since this is the biggest software investment round in Accel's 17-year history and the biggest outright in a decade.

iTnews Australia 2010

But Atlassian's reputation for fierce independence and as a fun place to work that it crafted for itself - such as having new hires push a beer cart around the office on Fridays to meet everyone - won't be affected by accepting Accel's cash, Cannon-Brookes says.

iTnews Australia 2010

But Atlassian's reputation for fierce independence and as a fun place to work that it crafted for itself - such as having new hires push a beer cart around the office on Fridays to meet everyone - won't be affected by accepting Accel's cash, Cannon-Brookes says.

iTnews Australia 2010

Cannon-Brookes and Farquhar will continue as co-CEOs of Atlassian and will continue to split their time between Sydney and their other offices around the world

The Next Web 2010

Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar in Sydney, Australia with the goal of changing the way the world manages product development.

The Next Web 2010

Cannon-Brookes admits to pressure to live up to the mantle, especially since this is the biggest software investment round in Accel's 17-year history and the biggest outright in a decade.

iTnews Australia 2010

I spoke to Cannon-Brookes to discuss the deal and he said Atlassian is thrilled to have

The Next Web 2010

Part of that growth was the result of a February hiring spree that controversially saw the software maker turn to social media to fill 32 jobs, which Cannon-Brookes says resulted in 99 applications for each position, about half of which were filled from overseas.

iTnews Australia 2010