WOMEN OF THE FUTURE

“A crazy big goal cannot be achieved on your own; you need the talents from many people.” MELANIE PERKINS CEO AND CO-FOUNDER, CANVA

Last September, a young Australian woman’s tech start-up hit a valuation of US$40 billion, which is to say, a company dreamt up in Perth was now worth double the GDP of Iceland. Canva co-founder Melanie Perkins, 35, was only 20 when she started her company’s pre-cursor in her mother’s loungeroom. In the spring of 2021, she became one of the richest women