Scott Farquhar

Scott Farquhar is the co-founder and co-CEO of Atlassian, a collaboration software company that helps teams organize, discuss and complete shared work. More than 60,000 large and small organizations use Atlassian’s tracking, collaboration, communication, service management and development products to work smarter and deliver quality results on time.

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See More and employee time to charity, helping thousands of children in developing countries receive an education. In 2011, Scott was awarded the Corporate Social Responsibility Award by the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO). In 2015, Scott helped spearhead Pledge 1%, a corporate philanthropy movement dedicated to making the community a key stakeholder in every business. To date, more than 700 companies in more than 20 countries have joined the movement.

Scott was the youngest person ever to be awarded the ‘Australian Entrepreneur of the Year’ in 2006 by Ernst & Young alongside co-founder and co-CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes. He holds a Bachelor of Science in business information technology from the University of New South Wales, Australia.

Gender: Male
URL: blogs.atlassian.com/developer/scott