Biography
Scott Farquhar is the Co-Founder of Atlassian, one of the world’s leading software collaboration companies and Australia’s first tech unicorn. Passionate about giving back, Scott is the Co-Founder of Pledge 1%, a philanthropic movement where 18,000 companies have pledged $4.5 billion to charity, and Principal of Skip Foundation which is reinventing philanthropy in Australia by taking big bets to solve hard problems.
Scott is also the Co-Founder of Skip Capital, a private fund investing in exceptional tech and infrastructure entrepreneurs. Scott is a Founding Member and Board Director of the Tech Council of Australia.
He was named in the Forbes Global Game Changers and Fortune 40 Under 40 lists, awarded Australian Financial Review Business Person of the Year, and was the youngest ever recipient of the Ernst & Young Australian Entrepreneur of the Year award.