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- Husband and wife Cliff Obrecht and Melanie Perkins are cofounders of design software maker Canva, which was valued by private investors at $40 billion in September 2021 but has since seen its value marked down by 20%.
- Canva was launched in 2013 by the couple together with Cameron Adams in Sydney, Australia, but was met by investor skepticism due to its location.
- Canva has attracted 220 million active monthly users to its freemium software, with 6 million teams from companies paying for it.
- The couple has pledged to transfer more than 80% of their stake to the Canva Foundation for charitable causes.
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If the whole thing was about building wealth, that would be the most uninspiring thing I could possibly imagine.
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