Michael Cannon-Brookes, born on November 17, 1979, in Connecticut, US, is an Australian businessman. He graduated from the University of New South Wales with a bachelor's degree in information systems. Prior to Atlassian, he co-founded The Bookmark Box, an internet bookmark management tool, which was sold in 2000.
In 2002, Cannon-Brookes co-founded Atlassian, a collaboration software company, with Scott Farquhar, funding it with credit cards.