Scott Farquhar

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Mr. Scott Farquhar is a Co-Founder and serves as Co-Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Atlassian. He also serves as Director at Good Software. He is the Co-Founder at Skip Capital. He was awarded the 'Australian IT Professional of the Year' in 2004 and in 2006 was the youngest person ever to be awarded the 'Australian Entrepreneur of the Year' by Ernst & Young alongside co-founder and co-CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes. He was also awarded the Corporate Social Responsibility Award in 2011 by the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) - Atlassian donates 1% of profit, product, equity and employee time to charity, helping thousands of children in developing countries receive an education. In 2016, he and Mike were recognized on Fortune's 40 under 40 list. He is a widely sought-after keynote speaker and has addressed audiences at conferences and events in Australia and around the globe. He actively participates in the Sydney startup scene, contributes to Australian seed fund StartMate and venture capital fund Blackbird Ventures, mentors women through the Australian Business Women's mentoring program and lectures on entrepreneurship at the University of New South Wales. He holds a Bachelor of Science in business information technology from the University of New South Wales, Australia, and is a member of YPO and the Australian School of Business Alumni Leaders Network.