Computer kudos

08 December 2006

Two alumni, who met and developed a business idea while studying at UNSW, have been named as overall winners of the 2006 Australian Entrepreneur of the Year.

Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar, the founders of the company Atlassian Software Systems, are the first in the Young Entrepreneur category to take the major title in Australia.

In the four years since they launched the Sydney-based company, it has grown to be an international technology house with 5,000 clients in 65 countries.

With teams in Sydney, San Fransisco and Los Angeles, Atlassian is one of Australia’s largest software exporters, with 90 percent of sales overseas. Some of their clients include Citigroup, NASA and the BBC.

For more information, go to the Faculty of Business website