According to the Australian Financial Review, Seven of Australia’s 87 richest entrepreneurs aged 40 and under are well-known crypto founders, with each boasting a net worth greater than AUD 36 million ($26.9 million).
While the list is topped by Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht, the co-founder and chief operating officer (COO) of the popular graphic design software providers Canva. The married couple has an estimated net worth of AUD 16.5 ($12.3) billion between them.
Whereas the seven crypto luminaires have debuted on the Australian Financial Review’s (AFR) “Young Rich” list of 2021, including the minds behind some of the leading protocols in the decentralized finance (DeFi) and nonfungible token (NFT) sectors.
Kain Warwick, the founder of derivatives trading protocol Synthetix is ranked as the most affluent crypto figure in Australia, coming in at seventh overall with an estimated net worth of AUD 879 million ($657 million).
Kain Warwick is not the only member of the family on the list, with three of his brothers in Aaron, Grant, and Keiran also making the list this year.
The three brothers co-founded the upcoming play-to-earn crypto game Illuvium in 2020. Keiran has led the pack with a net worth of AUD 463 million ($346 million) to rank 22nd, while Aaron is close behind at 26th with AUD 425 million, and Grant comes in at 34th with AUD 196 million.
Brothers Daniel and William Roberts have also made the list, with the duo ranking in at 19th with a combined AUD 484 million. The duo founded a sustainable energy-focused Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm dubbed Iris Energy earlier this year.
Sydney-based Sergei Sergienko has ranked at 60th with a net worth of AUD 97 million ($72.5 million) in part due to his work with Chronobank, a blockchain-based firm he founded in 2016 that streamlines recruiting processes and enables workers to get paid in crypto assets.
