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Matt Barrie Net Worth: What Public Records Do—and Don’t—Show

No authoritative current figure for Matt Barrie’s personal net worth is established. Freelancer Limited’s 2024 annual report disclosed a 43.56% beneficial interest, but that company stake is not a full personal wealth valuation.
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No authoritative public figure for Matt Barrie’s current personal net worth is established by the available records. Freelancer Limited’s 2024 annual report disclosed his beneficial interest in 196,426,561 shares, or 43.56% of the company’s issued capital. That is a dated disclosure of a company stake—not a complete valuation of his personal wealth.

Is Matt Barrie’s net worth publicly known?

A reliable current total for Barrie’s personal net worth is not established in the public sources cited here. A net-worth figure would need to account for the value of all relevant assets and liabilities. A shareholding disclosure covers only an identified interest in one company and does not provide that full picture.

Freelancer.com’s management biography identifies Barrie as its CEO and Chairman and as CEO of Escrow.com. Those company-reported roles do not, by themselves, establish his ownership in either business or his personal wealth. Freelancer.com’s management biography

What his disclosed Freelancer stake tells us

Freelancer Limited’s 2024 annual report identifies Barrie as Founder and Executive Chairman and reports a beneficial interest of 196,426,561 fully paid ordinary shares, equal to 43.56% of issued capital. This is the clearest documented figure for his ownership in the listed company, but it is tied to that report and should not be treated as a current holdings statement or a net-worth estimate. Freelancer Limited 2024 annual report

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The percentage describes his reported portion of issued capital; it does not state what his shares were worth on a particular date. To estimate the market value of a listed stake, a reader would need to pair a share count that is current for the chosen date with the matching share price. The resulting calculation would value only that stake, before considering other assets, liabilities, taxes, or restrictions—not Barrie’s total net worth.

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What later filings can—and cannot—confirm

An Australian Securities Exchange director-interest notice filed in June 2025 documents a change to relevant interests in Freelancer Limited shares and identifies registered entities associated with indirect interests. It is evidence of the transaction described in that filing, not a complete, current account of all holdings. ASX director interest notice, June 2025

Freelancer Limited’s half-year report for the six months ended 30 June 2025 reports company-level performance and financial position. Corporate results can provide context about the business, but they do not establish the personal net worth of its CEO. Freelancer Limited half-year report for the period ended 30 June 2025

Why online estimates should be treated cautiously

A net-worth number is meaningful only if its source and method are clear: when it was estimated, which assets and liabilities it includes, and whether it refers to a listed-company stake or total personal wealth. The records above document a historical shareholding and a later change notice; they do not supply a verified total net-worth estimate. A 2012 interview about Barrie’s career is historical background, not evidence of his present wealth. SmartCompany interview, 26 July 2012

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