Founder Profile
Scott Farquhar
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Scott Farquhar?
Scott Farquhar is a founder of Atlassian Corporation, which was founded in 2002 with Mike Cannon-Brookes.
- Company founded
- Atlassian Corporation
- Founded
- 2002
- Co-founders
- Mike Cannon-Brookes
Background
Scott Farquhar is a computer scientist who co-founded Atlassian with Mike Cannon-Brookes while studying at the University of New South Wales. Farquhar's founding contribution was the technical architecture and engineering culture that enabled Atlassian to build scalable, reliable enterprise software with a small team. He shared Cannon-Brookes' conviction that product quality and self-service distribution could replace the traditional enterprise sales model.
Founding Story
Scott Farquhar co-founded Atlassian in 2002 and served as co-CEO alongside Mike Cannon-Brookes until he stepped down on August 31, 2024, one of the longest co-CEO partnerships among listed technology companies. He oversaw technical and engineering areas of the company's growth, from the original Jira issue tracker to the cloud platform that now serves more than 350,000 customers. He remains a member of Atlassian's board of directors. Entities affiliated with Farquhar and Cannon-Brookes together hold substantially all of Atlassian's Class B common stock, which carries ten votes per share and about 86% of total voting power as of June 30, 2026.
Scott Farquhar was born in 1979 in Sydney. Education: James Ruse Agricultural High School.