The billionaire co-founder of Canva has opened up for the primary time about changing into a mom.
Melanie Perkins and husband Cliff Obrecht welcomed their first baby collectively final yr however have shared little or no with the world about changing into dad and mom whereas operating one of many international locations most profitable tech empires.
The couple co-founded the tech big together with business associate Cameron Adams in Perth in 2013.
“It‘s been fun,” Perkins said in an interview with The Australian.
“Really fun.”
The couple who are worth an estimated $10bn married on Rottnest Island in 2021 but their private life has remained incredibly private.
Perkins Instagram account @melaniecanva, boasts 23.1K followers but only three posts to the grid.
The last photo she shared was of her cuddling her little brother’s rescue canine, Pumba in January 2019.
Obrecht – who has no private social media presence – beforehand informed Fortune he didn’t need to increase “incredibly wealthy little children that are little snots”.
Canva is dealing with difficult instances forward as tech trade leaders like Atlassian, Meta, Twitter and Saleforce all report main lay-offs because of the looming financial disaster.
It was additionally one among many worldwide corporations who had funds in Silicon Valley Bank when it collapsed earlier this month.
The firm is presently incomes greater than $1.4bn in income annually, Perkins informed The Australian.
Australia has the fifth-highest variety of feminine billionaires on this planet, in keeping with new information from City Index.
The 35-year-old is the second richest girl in Australia – solely behind fellow Western Australian and mining magnate Gina Rinehart, whose internet price is $43.17bn)
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
