Scott Farquhar to resign as joint CEO of Atlassian

Co-founder leaving ‘to spend more time with his young family, improve the world via philanthropy, and help further the technology industry globally’

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Scott Farquhar, the Australian tech billionaire and joint chief executive of software company Atlassian, will step down from his role at the end of August to spend time with his young family and focus on philanthropy, the company says.

Farquhar’s co-CEO, Mike Cannon-Brookes, will lead the Sydney-headquartered company, which has found huge success developing software that allows teams to coordinate resources on complex projects.

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