Through Grok Ventures, acquired 11.3% stake in Australia's largest polluter AGL Energy. Successfully blocked planned demerger that would have separated fossil fuel assets, forced early closure dates for two remaining coal plants by 2035, and prompted resignation of chair and CEO.
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Mike Cannon-Brookes
Co-CEO Atlassian
Co-founder and Co-CEO of Atlassian. Major climate activist who became largest shareholder in AGL to accelerate coal plant closures. Named to TIME100 Climate 2023.
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$1.0B
Mike Cannon-Brookes and wife Annie pledged $1 billion to climate nonprofits and investments. In 2022, co-founded Boundless Earth climate action fund. Grok Ventures secured control of Sun Cable, one of world's biggest solar projects to export clean energy from Australia to Singapore.
Sources: Bloomberg(opens in new tab)