# Canva founder

entity: /record/canva.md  
predicate: founder  
page: /record/canva/founder  
as_of: 2026-11-01  

As of November 1, 2026, Canva's founders on the AsOf record are Cliff Obrecht and Melanie Perkins, each a claim of its own with its date, from 7 sources in all. The record holds 2 claims on Canva's founder, 2 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founder

What the record asserts on 2026-11-01.

- [Canva](/record/canva.md) | founder | Cliff Obrecht | valid undated to present | conf 0.85 | valid | [clm_A3BBF0D249C7](/claim/clm_A3BBF0D249C7.md)
  sources: https://qatar.websummit.com/attendees/qat26/5e2f624c-ae93-4908-abec-d43f56834209/cliff-obrecht/, https://www.forbes.com/profile/cliff-obrecht/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498528, https://www.linkedin.com/in/cliff-obrecht-79ba9920/?originalSubdomain=au, https://www.nasdaqprivatemarket.com/company/canva/
- [Canva](/record/canva.md) | founder | Melanie Perkins | valid undated to present | conf 0.85 | valid | [clm_F90F6979252A](/claim/clm_F90F6979252A.md)
  sources: https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct8c43, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498528, https://www.forbes.com/profile/melanie-perkins/, https://kitrum.com/blog/melanie-perkins-story-as-canva-ceo/

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Canva](/record/canva.md) | founder | Cliff Obrecht | valid undated to present | conf 0.85 | valid | [clm_A3BBF0D249C7](/claim/clm_A3BBF0D249C7.md)
  sources: https://qatar.websummit.com/attendees/qat26/5e2f624c-ae93-4908-abec-d43f56834209/cliff-obrecht/, https://www.forbes.com/profile/cliff-obrecht/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498528, https://www.linkedin.com/in/cliff-obrecht-79ba9920/?originalSubdomain=au, https://www.nasdaqprivatemarket.com/company/canva/
- [Canva](/record/canva.md) | founder | Melanie Perkins | valid undated to present | conf 0.85 | valid | [clm_F90F6979252A](/claim/clm_F90F6979252A.md)
  sources: https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct8c43, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498528, https://www.forbes.com/profile/melanie-perkins/, https://kitrum.com/blog/melanie-perkins-story-as-canva-ceo/

## Questions this record answers

### Who are Canva's founders?

Cliff Obrecht (undated) and Melanie Perkins (undated), as the record asserts them on November 1, 2026.


## Get this data

- JSON: /v1/entities/canva/founder (this fact) · /v1/entities/canva?predicates=founder (with the entity's coverage; add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD for a date)
- MCP: timeline(entity: "canva", predicates: ["founder"]) for every dated value · fetch(id: "/record/canva/founder.md") for this page
- Entity twin: /record/canva.md · timeline: /timelines/canva.md

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