Clifford Obrecht (born 1985 or 1986) is an Australian billionaire technology entrepreneur, who is the co-founder (with

Melanie Perkins Melanie Perkins (born 1987) is an Australian technology entrepreneur, who is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Canva. She owns 18% of the company. Perkins is one of the youngest female CEOs of a tech start-up valued over 1 billion. ...

) and chief operating officer (COO) of

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and owns 18% of the company.

Early life and education

Clifford was born to Stan Obrecht, a government employee and Mary Obrecht, a school teacher. He grew up in , a suburb to the north of

Perth Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...

. Obrecht earned a degree from The

University of Western Australia University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Crawley, Western Australia, Crawley, a suburb in the City of Perth local government area. UW ...

Personal life

In January 2021, he married

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Net worth

Obrecht first appeared on ''

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'' Rich List in 2020 with a

net worth Net worth is the value of all the non-financial and financial assets owned by an individual or institution minus the value of all its outstanding liabilities. Financial assets minus outstanding liabilities equal net financial assets, so net w ...

of 3.43 billion. , the ''Australian Financial Review'' assessed his and Perkins' joint net worth as 14.14 billion, on the 2025 Rich List; making them the sixth wealthiest Australians. As of September 2022, ''

Forbes ''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917. It has been owned by the Hong Kong–based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014. Its chairman and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes. The co ...

'' assessed his net worth at 6.5 billion.

Notes

*: Obrecht's net worth is assessed in ''

Financial Review The ''Australian Financial Review'' (''AFR'') is an Australian compact daily newspaper with a focus on business, politics and economic affairs. The newspaper is based in Sydney, New South Wales, and has been published continuously since its foun ...

'' Rich List as being held jointly with his spouse and business partner, Melanie Perkins.

References

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