Cliff Obrecht

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Cliff Obrecht
Born1985or1986(age 38–39) [1]
NationalityAustralian
Education University of Western Australia
TitleCo-founder and COO, Canva
Spouse
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(m. 2021)​

Clifford Obrecht (born 1985 or 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]

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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. [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 2025, the Australian Financial Review assessed his and Perkins' joint net worth as A$14.14 billion, on the 2025 Rich List; making them the sixth 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/anot listedn/anot listed
2020 [3] 26Increase2.svg$3.43  billion Increase2.svg
2021 [7] 10Increase2.svg$7.98 billion Increase2.svg
2022 [1] 8Increase2.svg$13.80 billion Increase2.svg$6.5 billion
2023 [8] 9Decrease2.svg$13.18 billion Decrease2.svg
2024 [9] 10Decrease2.svg$13.62 billion Increase2.svg
2025 [4] 6Increase2.svg$14.14 billion Increase2.svg
Legend
Icon Description
Steady2.svgHas not changed from the previous year
Increase2.svgHas increased from the previous year
Decrease2.svgHas decreased from the previous year

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Forbes profile: Cliff Obrecht". Forbes. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Sier, Jessica (25 February 2022). "The yin and yang that made Canva a $55b behemoth". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  3. 1 2 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. 1 2 Redrup, Yolanda (30 May 2025). "Australia's wealthiest 200 revealed, fortunes blow past $667b" . Australian Financial Review . Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  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.
  8. ↑ Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (26 May 2023). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review . Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  9. ↑ Redrup, Yolanda; Bailey, Michael (30 May 2024). "Australia's wealthiest 200 now control $625b". Australian Financial Review . Retrieved 18 September 2024.
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