Fintech Buyers Mark 2

A few years ago, Mike Cannon Brook’s Atlassian had a stock market jump. Some of the executives from that company purchased in Byron with their high-value stock options. BPS was lucky to assist a few of them with the move and what nice people they were.

This year it looks to be well-paid workers from Afterpay. The latest Australian Fintech sensation which assists shoppers to BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later) was recently purchased by Square for $29B. Square co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey was also the co-founder of Twitter.

Afterpay’s public policy vice-president Damian Kassabgi has purchased a luxury home in Old Bangalow Road for $13 mil. A former adviser to Kevin Rudd, he pocketed close to $7 million last year when he traded in a large slab of his AfterPay shares.

He and his wife, fashion industry operative Courtney Miller, already owned up the road before they bought the seven-hectare retreat that was listed by Liam Annesley of Byron Bay Real Estate. They also own a Woollahra terrace purchased in late 2020.