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Melanie Perkins

Company: Canva Revenue: US $ 4bn Founded: 2013
One of Australia’ s most successful tech entrepreneurs and one of the world’ s youngest female tech leaders, Melanie began her journey with Canva in 2007, when she was inspired to create the platform after seeing university students struggling to use industry standard creative software. Since its official founding in 2013, Canva has become a billion-dollar enterprise and expanded its platform through strategic acquisitions with brands like Simtheory, Cavalry and MangoAI. businesschief. com
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