Melanie Perkins (aliyezaliwa 13 Mei 1987) ni bilionea mfanyabiashara wa teknolojia wa Australia, ambaye ni Mkurugenzi Mtendaji na mwanzilishi mwenza wa Canva (pamoja na Cliff Obrecht) na anamiliki 18% ya kampuni. [1]

Perkins ni mmoja wa Wakurugenzi Wakuu wa kike wachanga zaidi wa mwanzo wa teknolojia yenye thamani ya zaidi ya 2,550,080,000,000 bilioni za kitanzania. Kufikia Mei 2021, Perkins alikuwa mmoja wa wanawake tajiri zaidi nchini Australia.[2][3]

Uundaji wa Canva

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Perkins na Obrecht hapo awali walikuwa wakiishi Perth. Perkins anadai kwamba alikataliwa na wawekezaji wa ndani zaidi ya 100 huko Perth. [4]

Mnamo 2011, mwekezaji mashuhuri, Bill Tai alitembelea Perth kama jaji wa shindano la chipukizi. Perkins na Obrecht walimpa Tai wazo la awali la Canva wakati wa chakula cha jioni. Pia kulikuwa na mabepari wengine wa ubia waliokuwepo akiwemo Rick Baker kutoka Blackbird Ventures.[5] Hawakupokea ufadhili wowote lakini wakawa na mikusanyiko ya mara kwa mara kwenye mikusanyiko iliyoandaliwa na Tai kwa wawekezaji na waanzilishi wa kuanzisha. Baadhi ya mikusanyiko hii ilifanyika Silicon Valley ambapo Perkins na Obrecht walikutana na Lars Rasmussen, mwanzilishi mwenza wa Ramani za Google. [6] Alionyesha kupendezwa na wazo hilo lakini akawaambia waanzilishi ‘wasitishe kila kitu’ hadi wapate timu ya teknolojia ya kiwango kinachohitajika.[5] Kisha Rasmussen akawa mshauri wa teknolojia wa biashara ambapo aliwatambulisha Perkins na Obrecht kwa Cameron Adams, mfanyakazi wa zamani wa Google aliye na ujuzi husika wa kiufundi.[7] Adams mwanzoni hakutaka kujiunga na biashara kwani alikuwa akianzisha biashara yake mwenyewe iitwayo fluent.io, programu inayojaribu kushughulika na barua pepe.[8] Adams alikuwa Silicon Valley akijaribu kuchangisha pesa kwa ajili ya kuanzisha biashara yake wakati Perkins alipomtumia barua pepe nyingine akimuuliza kama alitaka kujiunga na biashara yao.[8] Baada ya barua pepe hiyo, alikubali kujiunga na Canva, na kuwa mwanzilishi wake wa tatu na afisa mkuu wa bidhaa.[6]

Perkins ndiye Mkurugenzi Mtendaji miongoni mwa waanzilishi wachache wa ‘unicorn’ ambao wana faida.[9] Mnamo Novemba 2023, Forbes ilikadiria utajiri wake kuwa $ 3.6 bilioni [Tshs. 9,187,196,400,000.00]. Alisalia kuwa Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Canva, na kumiliki takriban 18% ya kampuni.[10] Alitajwa kwenye Orodha Tajiri ya Ukaguzi wa Kifedha ya 2023 [in english: Financial Review Rich List of 2023.].[11][12]

Marejeo

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  2. "Clinton, 21st Baron (Eng.), (Charles John Robert Hepburn-Stuart Forbes-Trefusis) (18 Jan. 1863–5 July 1957)", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 2007-12-01, iliwekwa mnamo 2024-03-26
  3. Alaa Hussain Subahe, Philip Baker, Julie-Ann Carroll (2021-05-05). "Identifying Australian Policy Makers' Perceptions of eHealth Interventions". dx.doi.org. Iliwekwa mnamo 2024-03-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. Bo, Ernesto Dal; Xu, Guo (2021). Theranos: How Did a $9 Billion Health Tech Startup End Up DOA?. 1 Oliver's Yard, 55 City Road, London EC1Y 1SP United Kingdom: The Berkeley-Haas Case Series. University of California, Berkeley. Haas School of Business. ISBN 978-1-5297-8965-2. {{cite book}}: no-break space character in |location= at position 17 (help)CS1 maint: location (link)
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  6. 6.0 6.1 "New era for access to Australian information: Informit Online launched". Asian Libraries. 7 (12). 1998-12. doi:10.1108/al.1998.17307lad.004. ISSN 1017-6748. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. Armstrong, Joseph E. (2014). How the Earth Turned Green. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-06977-7.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Karungi, Susan (2020-11-11), "Emotional Highs and Lows of Quarantine", Covid Stories from East Africa and Beyond, Langaa RPCIG, ku. 21–28, iliwekwa mnamo 2024-03-26
  9. Gulati, Ashish (2016-03). "Automotive Electronics — The Billion Dollar Industry of the Future?". Auto Tech Review. 5 (3): 14–15. doi:10.1365/s40112-016-1099-6. ISSN 2250-3390. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. January, 1917, bulletin. issued January 30, 1917 to the trade only. Number two. Newark, N.Y: Jackson & Perkins Company. 1917.
  11. "FHR volume 30 issue 2 Cover and Front matter". Financial History Review. 30 (2): f1–f2. 2023-08. doi:10.1017/s0968565023000082. ISSN 0968-5650. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. Du, Shanzhong; Cao, June (2023-11). "Non-family shareholder governance and green innovation of family firms: A socio-emotional wealth theory perspective". International Review of Financial Analysis. 90: 102857. doi:10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102857. ISSN 1057-5219. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)