- Atlassian co-CEO Scott 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.
- The man's identity is not known, but Farquhar later learnt he had survived the cardiac episode.
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 news outlet.
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."