Canvas co-founder and CEO, Melanie Perkins, was born in Perth, Australia.

She had an entrepreneurial drive early on, creating and selling handcrafted automobiles when she was just 14 years old.

Later, while studying at the University of Western Australia, she taught herself how to use Photoshop and InDesign.

Canvas co-founder and CEO, Melanie Perkins, developed the concept for the web-based design tool while instructing Photoshop and InDesign at her college.

Melanie was able to test her idea by building a website for producing school yearbooks despite having no money or resources.

To scale out her concept and market Canva internationally, she later recruited a tech co-founder and raised money from investors.

Melanie Perkins Parents: Who Are Melanie Perkins Parents?

Her parents are Malaysian engineer of Filipino and Sri Lankan ancestry and a teacher from Australia. The name of the mother is Beverly Perkins. The name of her father is not known.