Live: Cameron Adams Net Worth
Cameron Adams net worth: US$3.8 billion (Forbes estimate). Loading the latest figure…
Net Worth Over Time
Profile
- Age
- 46
- Source of wealth
- Software, self-made
- Company
- Canva, cofounder and chief product officer
- Residence
- Sydney, New South Wales
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Marital status
- Married to Lisa Miller
- Education
- Bachelor of Law, University of Melbourne
* Forbes tracks the net worth of Cameron Adams in real time. The figure above is a Forbes estimate in US dollars, and it moves as the value of his assets changes.
Key Facts
- Adams is cofounder and chief product officer of design software maker Canva. He signed on as the startup’s third cofounder, alongside Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht, in June 2012, and leads its technical development.
- Before Canva, he worked at Google as the user interface designer on Google Wave in Sydney. Google Maps cofounder Lars Rasmussen, who calls him the best UI designer he has worked with, introduced him to Perkins and Obrecht.
- Adams had left Google to found his own email startup, Fluent, and when it struggled to raise money, Perkins and Obrecht offered him cofounder status and an approximate 20% share in Canva. He now holds about 9% of the company.
- Canva was valued by private investors at US$42 billion in August 2025.
- In 2025, Adams and his wife, zoologist Lisa Miller, signed the Giving Pledge, promising to direct the majority of their wealth to protecting and restoring biodiversity through Miller’s Wedgetail Foundation.
- In November 2026, Canva announced a restructure affecting about 1,271 roles, or 22% of the company, after what Perkins called its “hardest year yet”. Investors have marked down its value, with T. Rowe Price’s latest figure implying a valuation of US$30.4 billion.
- Forbes ranked him No. 20 on its 2026 list of Australia’s 50 Richest, with US$3.75 billion, the same position as in 2025, when he had US$2.9 billion.