Melanie Perkins

Melanie Perkins (an haife ta a shekara ta 1987) ƴar ƙasar Austaraliya kuma ƴar kasuwa ce ɓangaren teknoloji, wadda ta kafa kamfanin  Canva, na yin zane-zane a yanar gizo. A baya ta kafa Fusion Books, wanda ake wallafa littafin shekara-shekara a yanar gizo.

A shekarar 2023, ta kasance ta 89 a cikin jerin Forbes na "Mata 100 mafi ƙarfin faɗa-aji a duniya"  da kuma ta 92 a cikin jerin Fortune na Mata mafi ƙarfin faɗa-aji. 

 Matakin Farko na Rayuwa  

An haifi Perkins a shekarar 1987 a Perth, Yammacin Ostiraliya, ga wani malamin da aka haifa a Ostiraliya kuma injiniyan Malaysia na al'adun Filipino da Sri Lanka. Ta halarci Kwalejin (Sacred Heart College),  makarantar sakandare da ke arewacin Perth na Sorrento . Yayinda take makarantar sakandare, Perkins ya horar da ita sosai a wasan kwaikwayo kuma ta fara ƙaramin kasuwanci na sayar da takalma da aka yi da hannu (handmade).

Bayan makarantar sakandare, Perkins ta shiga Jami'ar Yammacin Ostiraliya, inda tayi karatun fannin sadarwa, ilimin halayyar ɗan adam da kasuwanci. A wannan lokacin, Perkins ta kasance mai koyarwa mai zaman kanta ga ɗalibai suna koyon zane-zane. Perkins ta ce tsananin ilmantarwa na kayan aikin ƙirar gargajiya ya sa ta bincika hanyoyin da suka fi sauƙi, don zamanantar da aikin ta a yanar Gizo-gizo. Ta kammala karatun jami'a tana da shekaru 19, bayan nan ta fara alaƙa da Cliff Obrecht. 

 Aiki 

 Littattafan Fusion 
A shekarar 2007, Perkins da Obrecht sun kafa Fusion Books, wanda ke bawa makarantu damar su ƙirƙiri litattafan shekara ta amfani da editan (drag-and-drop) na intanet da ɗakin karatu. Kasuwancin ya samu karɓuwa a Ostiraliya kuma daga baya ta yi aiki a New Zealand da Faransa.

 Canva 

Perkins da Obrecht sun fara gabatar da manhajar zane-zane mai zurfi a farkon shekarun 2010 kuma sun haɗu da mai saka hannun jari Bill Tai yayin ziyarar Perth. Ta hanyar wanda ya ƙirƙira Google Maps Lars Rasmussen, wanda ya ba da shawara kan aikin, an gabatar da su ga tsohon mai tsara Google Cameron Adams, wanda ya shiga a shekarar 2012 kuma ya zama mutum na uku da suka kafa Canva kuma babban jami'in samfurin. An ƙaddamar da manhajar zane-zane ta Canva a faɗin duniya a shekarar  2013 kuma ta ba da rahoton lokutan riba yayin da yake ƙaruwa.

 Rayuwar Ƙashin Kai 
Perkins da Obrecht sun yi aure a watan Janairun 2021 a Tsibirin Rottnest .  Daga baya a wannan shekarar, sun shiga Giving Pledge, suna ba da akalla rabin dukiyarsu don taimako da jinƙai.

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Haifaffun 1987