| Cliff Obrecht | |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Education: | University of Western Australia |
| Co-founder and COO, Canva | |
Clifford Obrecht (born 1985/1986) 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.
Clifford was born to Stan Obrecht, a government employee and Mary Obrecht, a school teacher.[1] He grew up in, a suburb to the north of Perth, Western Australia.
Obrecht earned a degree from The University of Western Australia.
In January 2021, he married Melanie Perkins on Rottnest Island.[1]
Obrecht first appeared on The Australian Financial Review Rich List in 2020 with a net worth of 3.43 billion., The Australian Financial Review assessed his and Perkins' joint net worth as 13.18 billion on the 2023 Rich List; making them the ninth wealthiest Australians. As of September 2022, Forbes assessed his net worth at 6.5 billion.[2]
| Year | Financial Review Rich List | Forbes Australia's 50 Richest | |||
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| Rank | Net worth (A$) | Rank | |||
| 2019[3] [4] | n/a | not listed | n/a | not listed | |
| 2020[5] | |||||
| 2021[6] | $7.98 billion | ||||
| 2022 | $13.80 billion | $6.5 billion | |||
| 2023[7] |
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Obrecht's net worth is assessed in Financial Review Rich List as being held jointly with his spouse and business partner, Melanie Perkins.