Talk:Mike Cannon-Brookes

"Early life"

"Early life" paragraph doesn't make grammatical sense. I'd edit it, but I can't figure out the meaning... 71.139.160.146 (talk) 00:44, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

It should now be clearer. Edwardx (talk) 09:23, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

Career

The "Career" section needs a little more information between a startup on credit cards and being worth several billion a couple of decades later. Errantios (talk) 07:46, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

I'm gathering some information from independent sources (I was initially looking at the Scott Farquhar article but they overlap) and will likely add information once I get it organized a bit. Amplexer (talk) 03:35, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

OK, I added some of the most relevant intervening details per citations that I could find. The article still needs work but at least it is improved now. Amplexer (talk) 02:42, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Personal life

In the "Personal life" section, the first sentence doesn't make grammatical sense.

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  they had four children together

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  they have four children together

• Reason for the change: Incorrect tense/grammar

Ceswyd (talk) 05:32, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Overview

The ‘Overview’ section is out of date, with missing context surrounding Cannon-Brookes' (and Scott Farquhar's) milestone as Australia's first technology billionaires. Suggest adding, with below source, after the first paragraph.

Context around Cannon-Brookes' vocal advocacy for action to combat climate change and significant investment in climate projects is also missing, suggest inclusion as per below source. Suggest adding after above paragraph.

The existing information in the article relating to the Australian-Asia Power Link is out of date, and doesn’t fit in the Overview section. Suggest removal from this section, and building out an updated ‘Other activities’ section that improves the accuracy of references to Cannon-Brookes' climate project ventures in this article.

Suggested second paragraph addition:

• Specific text to be added: Cannon-Brookes and Farquhar were Australia’s first technology billionaires.
• Reason for the change: Additional insight into Cannon-Brookes' position within the tech and business industry in Australia
• Reference supporting change: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/technology/atlassian-cannon-brookes-farquhar.html

Suggested third paragraph addition:

• Specific text to be added: Cannon-Brookes is one of Australia’s most vocal advocates for more urgent action to combat climate change, and has pledged to donate and invest AUD$1.5 billion on climate projects by 2030.
• Reason for the change: Additional insight into Cannon-Brookes' significant investment in projects to combat climate change
• Reference supporting change: https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/mike-cannon-brookes-pledges-1-5b-to-climate-initiatives-ahead-of-cop26-20211020-p591p5.html

Suggested existing paragraph removal:

• Specific text to be removed: Since 2018, he has been involved in the Australia-Asia Power Link, a huge electricity infrastructure project to be developed in the Northern Territory by Sun Cable in a collaboration with Twiggy Forrest.
• Reason for the change: The information relating to the Australian-Asia Power Link is out of date and doesn’t fit in the Overview section. Suggest removal from this section, and building out an updated ‘Other activities’ section that improves the accuracy of references to Cannon-Brookes' climate project ventures in this article.

Ceswyd (talk) 07:19, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Career

In the ‘Career’ section, the information on the Atlassian business is out of date. Propose additional information is added to provide an accurate update on the Atlassian business size as of 2024.

This section is also missing further detail on Cannon-Brooke’s previous tech business which he founded, then sold in 2000, and his board positions.

Information relating to SunCable is a separate venture, suggest moving it to an updated 'Other activities' section that improves the accuracy of references to Cannon-Brookes' climate project ventures in this article.

Suggested addition after 'In 2022' paragraph:

• Specific text to be added: Atlassian has grown to 12 offices and 300,000 customers.
• Reason for the change: Updated information about the current size/scale of Atlassian.
• References supporting change: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisaconn/2023/10/24/the-future-of-work-is-flexible-just-ask-atlassian/?sh=3256581e4759, https://www.reuters.com/technology/atlassian-second-quarter-revenue-profit-beat-estimates-2024-02-02/

Suggested additional paragraph:

• Specific text to be added: Before founding Atlassian, Cannon-Brookes co-founded an internet bookmark management tool called The Bookmark Box with his university classmate Niki Scevak. The Bookmark Box was sold to Blink.com [1] in 2000.
• Reason for the change: Additional insight into Cannon-Brookes' previous tech business which he founded, then sold in 2000.
• Reference supporting change: https://www.smh.com.au/technology/how-atlassians-scott-farquhar-and-mike-cannonbrookes-became-software-titans-20140725-zwo3x.html

Suggested additional subheading and paragraph:

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Boards

Cannon-Brookes is on the Board of Directors for Room to Read, globally and regionally, and Chairman of Blackbird Ventures.

Reason for change: Additional detail on Cannon-Brookes' Board positions.

References supporting change: https://www.roomtoread.org/leadership-board/board-of-directors/, https://www.smh.com.au/business/small-business/blackbird-raises-500m-fund-taps-cannon-brookes-to-drive-expansion-20200804-p55ia5.html

Suggested existing paragraph removal:

• Specific text to be removed: In March 2022, Cannon-Brookes and billionaire Andrew Forrest invested in the Sun Cable project, to build a solar and battery farm 12,000 hectares (120 km2) in size at Powell Creek, Northern Territory, and a power-cable to link it to Singapore (via Indonesia) leaving Australia at Murrumujuk beach. In January 2023, Sun Cable went into administration owing to disagreements between Cannon-Brookes and Forrest, and in May 2023, Cannon-Brookes' company Grok Ventures outbid Forrest and others to buy the liquidated company.
• Reason for the change: Information relating to SunCable is a separate venture, suggest moving it to an updated 'Other activities' section that improves the accuracy of references to Cannon-Brookes' climate project ventures in this article.

Ceswyd (talk) 14:35, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Other activities

Suggest updating and adding to this section to include more accurate details on Cannon-Brookes' other activities and ventures.

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Cannon-Brookes is an adjunct professor at the University of New South Wales' School of Computer Science and Engineering. He is a co-owner in the Utah Jazz and owns a stake in the South Sydney Rabbitohs, the latter who he grew up being a fan of. Cannon-Brookes is a major investor in Australian publicly listed energy company AGL, having planned to take it over in 2022. When that failed, he became the largest shareholder to stop a demerger from spinning out coal power plants. In September 2020, it was revealed that Cannon-Brookes was among 35,000 Australians listed on a Chinese Government "Overseas Key Individuals Database" of prominent international individuals of interest for China.

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Climate Cannon-Brookes is one of Australia’s most vocal advocates for more urgent action to address climate change, and believes that the country should be a renewable energy superpower. (Source: https://time.com/6104003/mike-cannon-brookes-australia-renewable-energy/) In March 2017, following a series of power outages in South Australia, Cannon-Brookes challenged Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Twitter to deliver the Hornsdale Battery - the world’s biggest lithium-ion battery, within 100 days to solve the state’s energy problems. (Sources: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/840032197637685249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E840032197637685249%7Ctwgr%5Ef0d2283a3c46fe6ef812e856aca2a3ce14ece2e4%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.afr.com%2Fcompanies%2Fenergy%2Fmusk-and-cannon-brookes-random-bet-brought-the-right-model-20221201-p5c2xb, https://hornsdalepowerreserve.com.au/) In October 2021, Cannon-Brookes pledged to donate and invest $1.5 billion on climate projects by 2030 to reinforce the COP26 goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels. (Source: https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/mike-cannon-brookes-pledges-1-5b-to-climate-initiatives-ahead-of-cop26-20211020-p591p5.html) Grok Ventures Cannon-Brookes started Grok Ventures in 2016 as a private investing vehicle. In February 2024, it was announced that Grok Ventures had appointed Tan Kueh as CEO, and that the organisation was accepting third party capital to drive a bigger impact on climate change. (Source: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/billionaire-mike-cannonbrookes-goes-allin-on-climate-investments/news-story/cc3201a23f5ae84547ae8bc6d393c65e.) Grok Ventures is focused on climate tech, venture and infrastructure, and lighthouse investments. In March 2022, Cannon-Brookes (through Grok Ventures) and billionaire Andrew Forrest invested in the Sun Cable project, to build a solar and battery farm 12,000 hectares (120 km2) in size at Powell Creek, Northern Territory, and a power-cable to link it to Singapore (via Indonesia) leaving Australia at Murrumujuk beach. In January 2023, Sun Cable went into administration owing to disagreements between Cannon-Brookes and Forrest, and in May 2023, Grok Ventures outbid Forrest and others to buy the liquidated company. In 2023, Grok Ventures purchased a majority stake in Australian publicly listed energy company AGL, Australia’s largest greenhouse gas emitter, in a move to force the company to de-carbonise more quickly. Sports In December 2020, Cannon-Brookes bought a minority stake in NBA team Utah Jazz, along with Qualtrics co-founder Ryan Smith. In November 2021, Cannon-Brookes bought a one-third share of Blackcourt League Investments. Blackcourt owns 75% of the Australian Rugby League team, the South Sydney Rabbitohs. (Source: https://www.rabbitohs.com.au/content/mike-cannon-brookes-purchases-one-third-share-of-blackcourt-league-investments https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-15/mike-cannon-brookes-buys-rabbitohs-share/100620432) Other Cannon-Brookes is an adjunct professor at the University of New South Wales' School of Computer Science and Engineering. (Source: https://www.smh.com.au/technology/unsw-taps-ori-allon-mike-cannonbrookes-to-nurture-startup-culture-20140409-zqslj.html) In September 2020, it was revealed that Cannon-Brookes was listed on a Chinese Government "Overseas Key Individuals Database" of prominent international individuals of interest for China. In June 2017, Cannon-Brookes hosted a TEDx talk on Imposter Syndrome. (Source: https://tedxsydney.com/talk/imposter-syndrome-mike-cannon-brookes/)

Ceswyd (talk) 14:25, 24 April 2024 (UTC)