Atlassian co-CEOScott Farquhar saved a man having a heart attack in April, CNBC reported.- The incident took place in the Omnia nightclub in Las Vegas ahead of a company retreat.
At the Omnia nightclub on the Las Vegas strip in April, Atlassian CEO Scott Farquhar helped to save the life of a man having a suspected heart attack, according to a CNBC report.
Farquhar had dinner with a friend ahead of a company retreat before heading to the club, which is inside the Caesar's Palace hotel and casino. After visiting the bathroom, Farquhar was returning to his table when he noticed a man lying motionless on the floor of the club.
He then performed resuscitations on him until paramedics arrived, though he says that at one point a bouncer approached and asked him to stop.
After a medic took over, the man stood up, before being put in a wheelchair and taken away paramedics. Farquhar told CNBC, "he was the most dead person I've ever seen."
Farquhar has undertaken multiple first-aid courses, but this was his first time performing CPR on a human being, he told the
The Australian billionaire, who co-founded software company Atlassian in 2002, is worth an estimated $11.9 billion, according to Forbes.
Farquhar did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. In a statement to CNBC, Farquhar said, "I couldn't have saved that man's life without my Scouts training, and encourage everyone to seek out first-aid classes near you."
"If you're lucky you'll never have to use them, but if needed, you could save a life."