Scott Farquhar

Scott Farquhar (born December 1979) is an Australian billionaire business magnate who is the co-founder and co-chief executive officer of software company Atlassian.

Farquhar often carries the epithet of accidental billionaire after he and his business partner Mike Cannon-Brookes founded Atlassian with the aim to replicate the A$48,500 graduate starting salary typical at corporations without having to work for someone else.

Member of Technology Council of Australia.

Farquhar was born in December 1979.

He attended James Ruse Agricultural High School and Castle Hill Primary School and graduated from the University of New South Wales, with a Bachelor of Science (BIT).

With Cannon-Brookes, Farquhar is the co-founder and co-chief executive officer of Atlassian, a collaboration software company with more than 260,000 large and small organisations as customers – including some of the biggest names in media, manufacturing and technology – use Atlassian's tracking, collaboration, communication, service management and development products.

Cannon-Brookes and Farquhar were recognised for their achievements as the Australian Consensus IT Professional of the Year award in 2004, and Australian 2006 Entrepreneur of the Year.

Farquhar has mentored through the Australian Businesswomen's Network and gives guest lectures on entrepreneurship to MBA students and undergraduates.

Alongside his business partner, Cannon-Brookes, Farquhar debuted on the 2007 BRW Young Rich list of the richest Australians aged 40 and under, and on the BRW Rich 200 in 2013 with an estimated net worth of A$250 million.

In 2016, his net worth was estimated by Forbes on the list of Australia's 50 Richest people as US$1.75 billion; by BRW Rich 200 as A$2.00 billion; and by the Sunday Times Rich List as GB£906 million.

, Farquhar was ranked fifth in the Forbes list of Australia's 50 Richest people with a net worth of US$6.40 billion.

He was ranked seventh on the Financial Review 2023 Rich List with a net worth of A$18.16 billion.

In 2017 Farquhar purchased from the Fairfax family its former ancestral Sydney harbourside home, Elaine, for approximately A$75 million.

The home set on 6986 m2 had been in the ownership of the Fairfax family since 1891 and was vacant for nearly twenty years prior to its purchase by Farquhar.

In 2018, Farquhar spoke out against the Australian Government's renaming of the 457 visas, saying the move damages Australia's reputation as a place that people want to come to work.

Farquhar is a significant investor in tech startups through a privately held investment fund, Skip Capital.

As of 2021, the fund had a stake in four Australian tech unicorns, including Canva and Airwallex; along with overseas firms, such as Talkdesk, a provider of cloud-based contact centre software based in San Francisco.

He is married to Kim Jackson and they have three sons.

In 2018 Cannon-Brookes bought the house next door, Fairwater, Australia's most expensive house at approximately A$100 million.

In April 2022 Farquhar saved a man's life in Las Vegas.

In 2020 it was reported that Farquhar plans a partial knock-down of unsympathetic renovations to Elaine, and rebuild a A$30 million contemporary home.