Billionaire Atlassian founder Mike Cannon-Brookes has bought into Russell Crowe's footy team after going on a $70million rural Australian property spending spree.
Cannon-Brookes has joined the Hollywood movie star and fellow billionaire James Packer as co-owners of the South Sydney Rabbitohs, with the three splitting a 25 per cent ownership.

The members own the remaining portion.
The new investments take the philanthropist's estimated wealth to $26billion, far superior to Packer's net worth of $5billion. 

Crowe said in a statement it was a 'very strong move' for the Rabbitohs and has pushed them into the upper echelon of sporting teams in the country, while Cannon-Brookes revealed he was driven to continue the club's historic legacy. 
'I'm excited and humbled to be a part of this iconic club,' Cannon-Brookes said. 
'The South Sydney Rabbitohs are special.

Not only are we the oldest, loudest and proudest, we are an organisation people truly, deeply care about.
'I'm looking forward to partnering with Russell and James and bringing what I can to the table to help the club grow to even greater heights.' 





Billionaire Atlassian boss Mike Cannon-Brookes, pictured here with wife Annie, has bought out a Melbourne Cup-winning racehorse stud as part of his personal mission to save the planet





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Cannon-Brookes said there was renewed pressure at leading South Sydney and wanted to help to continue its proud history and important community work






The tech boss's latest buy is the $15.25million, 120 hectare Think Big Stud (pictured above and bleow) which was home to the 2008 Melbourne Cup and Caulfield Cup winner Viewed





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