Cliff Obrecht

Clifford Obrecht (born 1985/1986) is an Australian billionaire technology entrepreneur, who is the co-founder (with Melanie Perkins) and chief operating officer (COO) of Canva and owns 18% of the company.[1]

Cliff Obrecht
Born1985 or 1986 (age 37–38)[1]
NationalityAustralian
EducationUniversity of Western Australia
TitleCo-founder and COO, Canva
Spouse
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(m. 2021)​

Early life and education

Clifford was born to Stan Obrecht, a government employee and Mary Obrecht, a school teacher.[2] He grew up in Kingsley, a suburb to the north of Perth, Western Australia.[2]

Obrecht earned a degree from the University of Western Australia.[1]

Personal life

In January 2021, he married Melanie Perkins on Rottnest Island.[1][2]

Net worth

Obrecht first appeared on The Australian Financial Review Rich List in 2020 with a net worth of A$3.43 billion.[note a][3] As of May 2023, The Australian Financial Review assessed his and Perkins' joint net worth as A$13.18 billion, on the 2023 Rich List; making them the ninth wealthiest Australians.[4] As of September 2022, Forbes assessed his net worth at US$6.5 billion.[1]

Year Financial Review
Rich List[note a]		 Forbes
Australia's 50 Richest
Rank Net worth (A$) Rank Net worth (US$)
2019[5][6] n/a not listed n/a not listed
2020[3] 26 Increase $3.43 billion Increase
2021[7] 10 Increase $7.98 billion Increase
2022[1] 8 Increase $13.80 billion Increase $6.5 billion
2023[4] 9 Decrease $13.18 billion Decrease
Legend
Icon Description
Steady Has not changed from the previous year
Increase Has increased from the previous year
Decrease Has decreased from the previous year

Notes
  • ^[note a] : Obrecht's net worth is assessed in Financial Review Rich List as being held jointly with his spouse and business partner, Melanie Perkins.

References
  1. "Forbes profile: Cliff Obrecht". Forbes. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  2. Sier, Jessica (25 February 2022). "The yin and yang that made Canva a $55b behemoth". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  3. Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (30 October 2020). "The full list: Australia's wealthiest 200 revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  4. Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (26 May 2023). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  5. Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  6. "2019 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. January 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  7. Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (27 May 2021). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
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