Melanie Perkins

Co-Founder & CEO · Canva · Sydney, Australia

Who is Melanie Perkins? Melanie Perkins is the co-founder and CEO of Canva, the design platform she started in Perth after teaching design software to university students.

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  Melanie Perkins Heard No More Than a Hundred Times Before Canva Existed

  She started selling handmade scarves at 14 and built Canva's precursor in her mother's living room. Investors passed, repeatedly, for three years.

  August 17, 2026