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Melanie Perkins

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CEO and Co-founder, Canva

Melanie Perkins is an Australian billionaire technology entrepreneur, who is the CEO and co-founder of Canva. 

Perkins is one of the youngest female CEOs of a tech start-up valued over A$1 billion. As of May 2021, Perkins was one of Australia's richest women.

May 2, 2024

CEO Series: Melanie Perkins, Co-founder & CEO of Canva

As of January 2024, Canva’s design platform attracted around 170 million monthly global users from 190 countries. BUT it was not too long ago that now 36-year-old Canva founder Melanie Perkins was rejected by 100 VCs. Just l…