Canva, the Australian start-up that is driving the tech planet into a panic

Posted on Jul 8, 2021, 11:07 AMUpdated on Jul 8, 2021, 11:16 AM

It is an event eagerly awaited each year by the business community in Australia. At the end of May, the “Australian Financial Reivew” published its “Rich List”, in which, among regulars, mining and real estate tycoons, a couple under 40 years of age for the first time , reached tenth place: Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht. The founders of Canva, the Australian start-up everyone is talking about, are now at the head of a fortune estimated at 5 billion euros.

This online platform makes it very easy to create beautiful CVs, posters, presentations or Instagram posts. Its strength lies in its ability to make graphic design accessible and easy to use. Nine years after its creation, the company boasts more than 55 million users in more than 190 countries and employs more than 1,600 people, in Sydney, where it is headquartered, but also in Manila, Beijing, Austin and San Francisco.

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