2. Melanie Perkins – $6.5 billion
If you haven’t heard of Melanie Perkins, you definitely know about Canva, the design software that’s free to use and was founded in 2013. Despite the initial investor skepticism, the graphic design start-up currently has more than 60 million active users every month in more than 190 countries, including businesses like Marriott, Salesforce, Intel, and PayPal on its enterprise plan.
Since she was only 14, she showed a huge interest in the business field and she started her own thing based on selling handmade scarves at various shops in her hometown. Do you know about Fusion Books? It is currently Australia’s biggest publisher of yearbooks. Fusion Books was formed by her and Cliff Obrecht when she was 22 years old.
What do you think of Melanie Perkins?
1 thought on “6 Women Who Are Self-Made Billionaires”
Very attractive. Put together with perfect features. Not many women are that lucky. Sorry she lost her husband so early in their marriage; although, it may be the catalist for her success.
All the best,
Ted