List of Australians by net worth
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The following is a list of the richest people in Australia as at February 2011, according to Forbes Asia magazine:
Rank | Name | Net worth (A$ billion) |
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1 | Gina Rinehart Gina Rinehart Georgina "Gina" Hope Rinehart is a mining heiress. She is the heiress of Hancock Prospecting and the daughter of the late mining magnate Lang Hancock and Hope Margaret Nicholas... |
9.00 |
2 | Andrew Forrest Andrew Forrest Andrew Forrest also known by his nickname "Twiggy", is a Western Australian mining entrepreneur, former chief executive officer, non-executive chairman, and the major shareholder of Fortescue Metals Group... |
6.90 |
3 | James Packer James Packer James Douglas Packer is an Australian businessman.Packer is the son of the late media mogul Kerry Packer and grandson of Frank Packer. He inherited the family company, Consolidated Press Holdings Limited, which controls investments in Crown Limited, Consolidated Media Holdings and other companies... |
4.40 |
4 | Frank Lowy Frank Lowy Frank Lowy, AC is an Australian-Israeli businessman. He is a co-founder of the Westfield Group, operator of over 100 shopping centres in Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Great Britain... |
4.30 |
5 | Harry Triguboff Harry Triguboff Harry Oscar Triguboff AO is an Australian property developer and strong proponent of population growth in Australia to a hundred million. Also known as "High-Rise Harry" -Early life:... |
3.40 |
6 | John Gandel John Gandel John Gandel is an Australian businessman who made his fortune in the real estate industry. Gandel is ranked at #647 in Forbes's "The World's Richest People" list as of 2009. He ranked #6 on the BRW Rich 200 list in 2010... |
3.30 |
7 | Anthony Pratt Anthony Pratt (businessman) Anthony Pratt is Chairman and CEO of Pratt Industries and Group Deputy Chairman of Visy Industries, the world’s largest privately-owned paper and packaging company... |
2.70 |
8 | Kerr Neilson Kerr Neilson Kerr Neilson is a successful Australian funds manager and co-founder of Platinum Asset Management.Neilson was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He started his financial management career in the investments department of Courtaulds in London... |
2.40 |
9 | David Hains | 2.00 |
10 | Kerry Stokes Kerry Stokes Kerry Matthew Stokes AC is an Australian businessman. He holds business interests in a diverse range of industries including electronic and print media, property, mining, and construction equipment. He is most widely known as the chairman of the Seven Network, one of the largest broadcasting... |
1.90 |
See also
- BRW Rich 200BRW Rich 200The BRW Rich 200 is a list of Australia's two hundred wealthiest individuals and families, ranked by personal net worth. The list is released annually during May in a special issue of the Business Review Weekly, published by Fairfax Media....
- List of billionaires
- Lists of Australians
- Net worthNet worthIn business, net worth is the total assets minus total outside liabilities of an individual or a company. For a company, this is called shareholders' preference and may be referred to as book value. Net worth is stated as at a particular year in time...
External links
- Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People - By country of citizenship
- http://www.forbes.com/lists/results.jhtml?passListId=10&passYear=2004&passListType=Person&searchParameter1=unset&searchParameter2=unset&resultsHowMany=25&resultsSortProperties=%2Bstringfield7%2C%2Bstringfield8%2C%2Bstringfield9%2C-numberfield3&resultsSortCategoryName=Country&fromColumnClick=&bktDisplayField=&bktDisplayFieldLength=&category1=category&category2=category&passKeyword=&resultsStart=1Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People - By country of residence]