The Atlassian Story: How Two Uni Mates Built a $100 Billion Company From Sydney

Two journalists from The Australian spent years digging into the real story behind tech giant Atlassian, and turned it into a book.

It traces how two UNSW graduates built a global software company from a Glebe share house into a NASDAQ listed giant worth more than $100 billion at its peak. Along the way, Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar became best men at each other's weddings and eventually bought mansions next door to each other in Point Piper.

But the book also uncovers how internal tensions, diverging lifestyles and a neighbourhood renovation dispute ultimately drove a wedge between them, turning one of Australia's greatest business partnerships into one of its most quietly broken.

Purchase the book here: https://harpercollins.com.au/p....roducts/978146076949

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00:00 Unpacking the Atlassian story
00:49 What does Atlassian actually do?
05:11 How a tech giant began
06:36 Why the book was written
07:38 The founders’ diverging paths
12:00 Inside Atlassian
13:40 The renovation dispute between best mates
18:55 The property spree
24:33 How the founders became billionaires
25:58 The founders’ political donations
27:38 The pitfalls of immense wealth
30:26 When personal and business narratives collide
35:00 The rich list isn’t the happy list
36:49 The story behind the book’s cover
37:37 From best men to civil business partners
38:56 From Roosters fan to Rabbitohs owner
40:26 The founders’ contrasting upbringings
43:35 Private jets, F1 sponsorships and password hacks
45:47 The dissolution of utopian ideals