Financial Review Rich List 2019
The Financial Review Rich List 2019 is the 36th[note a] annual survey of the 200 wealthiest people resident in Australia, published by The Australian Financial Review on 31 May 2019.[1]
The net worth of the wealthiest individual, Anthony Pratt, was A$15.77 billion; while the net worth of the 200th wealthiest individual, Patricia Ilhan, was A$472 million; up from A$387 million in 2018.[2] The combined wealth of the 200 individuals was calculated as A$342 billion; compared with a combined wealth of A$6.4 billion in 1984 when the BRW Rich 200 commenced.[3] Twenty-six women were included on the 2019 Rich List, representing 13 percent of the list; up from seventeen in 2018, or 8.5 percent.[3] The list included seventeen debutants.[2]
List of individuals[]
2019[1] | Name | Citizenship | Source of wealth | 2018[4] | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rank | Net worth A$ bn |
Rank | Net worth A$ bn | |||
1 | 15.77 | Anthony Pratt | Australia | Visy Industries; Pratt Industries | 1 | 12.90 |
2 | 13.81 | Gina Rinehart | Australia | Hancock Prospecting; investment | 3 | 12.68 |
3 | 13.54 | Harry Triguboff AO | Australia | Meriton Apartments | 2 | 12.77 |
4 | 10.39 | Hui Wing Mau | People's Republic of China Australia[5] |
Shimao Property | 4 | 9.09 |
5 | 9.75 | Scott Farquhar | Australia | Atlassian | 11 | 5.16 |
6 | 9.63 | Mike Cannon-Brookes | Australia | 12 | 5.16 | |
7 | 8.57 | Sir Frank Lowy AC | Australia | ex-Westfield; property (shopping centres) | 5 | 8.42 |
8 | 7.99 | Andrew Forrest AO | Australia | Fortescue Metals Group | 8 | 6.10 |
9 | 7.17 | Ivan Glasenberg | Australia[6] South Africa Switzerland[7] |
Glencore commodities trading | 6 | 8.32 |
10 | 6.60 | John Gandel AC | Australia | Property (shopping centres) | 7 | 6.45 |
11 | 5.69 | Kerry Stokes AC | Australia | Property; Seven West Media; resources | 13 | 4.93 |
12 | 5.50 | Vivek Chaand Sehgal | Australia | Motherson Sumi Systems | 9 | 5.88 |
13 | 4.94 | James Packer | Australia | Crown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings | 10 | 5.50 |
14 | 4.67 | Lang Walker | Australia | Walker Corporation (property) | 18 | 3.47 |
15 | 4.09 | Clive Palmer | Australia | Mineralogy and other mining interests; hospitality | 20 | 2.84 |
16 | 4.07 | Alan Wilson and family | Australia | Reece Group | 16 | 3.87 |
17 | 4.01 | Len Ainsworth AM | Australia | Gaming; manufacturing | 14 | 4.02 |
18 | 3.62 | Lachlan Murdoch | United States United Kingdom Australia[8] |
Media | n/a | not listed |
19 | 3.61 | Australia | Resources | 19 | 3.28 | |
20 | 3.31 | Australia | Technology | 44 | 1.66 | |
21 | 3.31 | Lindsay Fox AC | Australia | Linfox; property | 17 | 3.56 |
22 | 3.10 | Prudence MacLeod | Australia | News Corporation and Times Newspapers Ltd | n/a | not listed |
23 | 2.90 | David Hains | Australia | Investment | 21 | 2.69 |
24 | 2.83 | Solomon Lew | Australia | Premier Investments; retail | 23 | 2.55 |
25 | 2.79 | Jack Cowin | Australia | Competitive Foods Australia; investment | 24 | 2.41 |
26 | 2.72 | Sir Michael Hintze GCSG, AM | Australia United Kingdom |
Retail; investment | 22 | 2.43 |
27 | 2.68 | Nigel Austin | Australia | Cotton On Group; retail | 32 | 1.96 |
28 | 2.62 | Angela Bennett | Australia | Mining | 27 | 2.17 |
29 | 2.51 | John Van Lieshout | Australia | Retail | 33 | 1.92 |
30 | 2.72 | Tim Roberts | Australia | Ex-Multiplex; investment | 73 | 1.09 |
31 | 2.38 | Alexandra Burt and Leonie Baldock | Australia | Resources | 30 | 2.08 |
32 | 2.37 | Betty Klimenko, Monica Weinberg-Saunders and family | Australia | Property | n/a | not listed |
33 | 2.34 | Australia | Property | n/a | not listed | |
34 | 2.34 | and family | Australia | Retail | 25 | 2.40 |
35 | 2.33 | Maurice Alter and family | Australia | Retail | 26 | 2.26 |
36 | 2.05 | and family | Australia | Agriculture; property | 37 | 1.76 |
37 | 2.05 | Australia | Property | 29 | 2.12 | |
38 | 2.03 | David and Vicky Teoh | Australia | Telecommunications | 38 | 1.76 |
39 | 2.00 | Brett Blundy | Australia | Retail; property; agriculture | 41 | 1.71 |
40 | 1.90 | Gerry Harvey | Australia | Harvey Norman Holdings | 28 | 2.12 |
41 | 1.88 | Sam and Andrew Buckeridge and family | Australia | Buckeridge Group of Companies | n/a | not listed |
42 | 1.88 | Chris Wallin | Australia | Resources | 34 | 1.79 |
43 | 1.86 | Terry Snow AM | Australia | Capital Airport Group; property | 52 | 1.46 |
44 | 1.84 | Bob Ell | Australia | Property | 48 | 1.56 |
45 | 1.77 | Paul Little AO | Australia | Toll Holdings | 50 | 1.54 |
46 | 1.72 | Sam Tarascio | Australia | Property | 51 | 1.54 |
47 | 1.70 | Australia | Agriculture | 42 | 1.70 | |
48 | 1.69 | and family | Australia | Manufacturing | 43 | 1.66 |
49 | 1.65 | and family | Australia | Construction | n/a | not listed |
50 | 1.61 | Morry Fraid, Zac Freid and family | Australia | Retail; property | 46 | 1.61 |
51 | 1.60 | Manny Stul and family | Australia | Moose Toys; retail | 40 | 1.73 |
52 | 1.58 | Alan Rydge | Australia | Rydges Hotels & Resorts; Event Cinemas | 49 | 1.56 |
53 | 1.58 | and family | Australia | Manufacturing | 62 | 1.24 |
54 | 1.57 | Paul Salteri AM and family | Australia | Investment | 57 | 1.28 |
55 | 1.55 | and family | Australia | Agriculture | n/a | not listed |
56 | 1.56 | Alex Waislitz | Australia | Investment | 54 | 1.39 |
57 | 1.55 | Michael Heine and family | Australia | Financial services | 58 | 1.27 |
58 | 1.55 | Chau Chak Wing | Australia | Property; investments | 45 | 1.63 |
59 | 1.49 | Yasser, Samer, and Khalil Shahin and family | Australia | Retail | n/a | not listed |
60 | 1.49 | Kerr Neilson | Australia | Financial services | 35 | 1.78 |
61 | 1.43 | and family | Australia | Goodman Group; property | 70 | 1.15 |
62 | 1.42 | Bill Roche and Imelda Roche AO | Australia | Retail | 146 | 0.566 |
63 | 1.40 | Australia | Resources | 56 | 1.33 | |
64 | 1.39 | Australia | Agriculture | 65 | 1.20 | |
65 | 1.35 | Judith Neilson | Australia | Investment | 36 | 1.77 |
66 | 1.34 | and family | Australia | Property | 87 | 0.859 |
67 | 1.33 | and family | Australia | Retail | 59 | 1.27 |
68 | 1.32 | Australia | Gaming; investments | 66 | 1.18 | |
69 | 1.32 | and family | Australia | Property | 60 | 1.26 |
70 | 1.31 | Paul Lederer | Australia | Ex-Primo smallgoods; investment | 71 | 1.14 |
71 | 1.30 | Robert Millner and family | Australia | Washington H. Soul Pattinson; investment | 69 | 1.16 |
72 | 1.27 | Maha Sinnathamby | Australia | Residential property | 64 | 1.21 |
73 | 1.24 | Australia | Resources; hotels | 92 | 0.817 | |
74 | 1.23 | Nick Politis AM | Australia | Retail; property | 55 | 1.35 |
75 | 1.21 | Peter, Andrew and Lex Greensill | Australia | Financial services; agriculture | n/a | not listed |
76 | 1.20 | Ralph Sarich AO | Australia | Investment; property | 63 | 1.23 |
77 | 1.19 | Australia | Logistics; investment; property | 67 | 1.17 | |
78 | 1.18 | Jamuna Gurung and Shesh Ghale | Australia | Melbourne Institute of Technology | 81 | 0.647 |
79 | 1.17 | Bob Ingham AO | Australia | Ex-Inghams Enterprises | 68 | 1.16 |
80 | 1.16 | Gretel Packer | Australia | Crown Resorts; investment | 61 | 1.26 |
81 | 1.14 | Australia | Financial services | 72 | 1.13 | |
82 | 1.13 | Australia | Computershare; financial services | 76 | 1.02 | |
83 | 1.12 | and family | Australia | Paspaley Pearls | n/a | not listed |
84 | 1.10 | Australia | Construction; mining services | 1.28 | ||
85 | 1.10 | Australia | Super Retail Group; property | 75 | 1.14 | |
86 | 1.10 | Australia | Technology | 143 | 0.58 | |
87 | 1.09 | Sandy Oatley and family | Australia | Agriculture; property; tourism | 74 | 1.07 |
88 | 1.06 | Justin Hemmes | Australia | Hotels; property | 78 | 0.951 |
89 | 1.04 | and family | Australia | Property | 88 | 0.858 |
90 | 1.00 | Shaun Bonétt | Australia | Precision Group; property | 96 | 0.784 |
91 | 1.00 | Australia | Food services | 77 | 0.999 | |
92 | 0.989 | Australia | Chemist Warehouse; retail | 93 | 0.813 | |
93 | 0.977 | Peter Scanlon and family | Australia | Patrick Corporation | 90 | 0.843 |
94 | 0.974 | and family | Australia | Technology | n/a | not listed |
95 | 0.973 | Australia | Property; hotels | 79 | 0.927 | |
96 | 0.966 | Laurie Sutton | Australia | Retail | 188 | 0.432 |
97 | 0.960 | Australia | Chemist Warehouse | 94 | 0.803 | |
98 | 0.957 | Raphael Geminder | Australia | Manufacturing | 53 | 0.957 |
99 | 0.931 | Australia | Travel; property | 83 | 0.869 | |
100 | 0.914 | Lloyd Williams | Australia | Property; thoroughbreds | 95 | 0.787 |
101 | 0.905 | Australia | Technology | 99 | 0.775 | |
102 | 0.905 | Australia | Manildra Group | 179 | 0.475 | |
103 | 0.896 | and family | Australia | Investor; resources | n/a | not listed |
104 | 0.890 | Australia | Financial services | 118 | 0.680 | |
105 | 0.885 | Patrick Grove | Australia | Technology | 89 | 0.850 |
106 | 0.885 | Andrew Roberts | Australia | Ex-Multiplex; property | 91 | 0.822 |
107 | 0.882 | and family | Australia | Property | n/a | not listed |
108 | 0.871 | Joy Chambers-Grundy | Australia | Media | n/a | not listed |
109 | 0.852 | Australia | Flight Centre; hotels | 86 | 0.861 | |
110 | 0.851 | and Shay Lewis-Thorp | Australia | Property | n/a | not listed |
111 | 0.851 | Geoff Harris | Australia | Flight Centre; investment | 84 | 0.867 |
112 | 0.842 | Australia | Retail | 85 | 0.863 | |
113 | 0.834 | and family | Australia | Property | n/a | not listed |
114 | 0.816 | and family | Australia | Manufacturing; food production | n/a | not listed |
115 | 0.815 | Australia | Retail; property | 105 | 0.737 | |
116 | 0.814 | Dale Elphinstone | Australia | Elphinstone Group; mining services | 104 | 0.739 |
117 | 0.805 | Australia | Financial services | 135 | 0.617 | |
118 | 0.802 | Frank Costa AO and family | Australia | Agriculture | 127 | 0.655 |
119 | 0.798 | Australia | Property | 123 | 0.667 | |
120 | 0.781 | and family | Australia | Construction | n/a | not listed |
121 | 0.781 | Naomi Milgrom AO | Australia | Sussan; Sportsgirl; Suzanne Grae | 133 | 0.625 |
122 | 0.772 | Australia | Dodo Services; telecommunications | 97 | 0.784 | |
123 | 0.771 | Allan Myers AC, QC | Australia | Investment; agriculture | 102 | 0.749 |
124 | 0.768 | and family | Australia | Property | 108 | 0.714 |
125 | 0.767 | and family | Australia | Manufacturing | 125 | 0.660 |
126 | 0.765 | Australia | The Good Guys | 109 | 0.708 | |
127 | 0.761 | Australia | Briscoe Group | 103 | 0.744 | |
128 | 0.758 | and Alex Wu | Australia | Healthcare | 100 | 0.756 |
129 | 0.755 | and Max Moar | Australia | Property | 106 | 0.730 |
130 | 0.746 | Australia | Property | n/a | not listed | |
131 | 0.745 | and family | Australia | Federal Group; gaming | n/a | not listed |
132 | 0.731 | Australia | Resources; property | 110 | 0.706 | |
133 | 0.729 | and family | Australia | Waste management | n/a | not listed |
134 | 0.728 | Bruce Gordon | Australia | Media | 113 | 0.702 |
135 | 0.713 | Australia | Ex-Gull Petroleum | n/a | not listed | |
136 | 0.705 | Australia | Agriculture | 130 | 0.646 | |
137 | 0.696 | Australia | Construction | 115 | 0.689 | |
138 | 0.682 | Australia | Media | 121 | 0.673 | |
139 | 0.679 | Jack Bendat AM | Australia | Property | 111 | 0.704 |
140 | 0.677 | AM | Australia | Property | 168 | 0.513 |
141 | 0.672 | Australia | Property | 144 | 0.574 | |
142 | 0.672 | Australia | Technology | 191 | 0.413 | |
143 | 0.671 | Australia | Property | 124 | 0.660 | |
144 | 0.670 | and family | Australia | Ex-Godfrey Hirst Carpets | 126 | 0.657 |
145 | 0.670 | John Singleton | Australia | Media; investment; property | 161 | 0.534 |
146 | 0.663 | Australia | Manufacturing | 148 | 0.561 | |
147 | 0.662 | Australia | Resources | 128 | 0.654 | |
148 | 0.661 | Australia | Resources | 98 | 0.783 | |
149 | 0.660 | Mark Creasy | Australia | Resources | 114 | 0.689 |
150 | 0.656 | Australia | Property | n/a | not listed | |
151 | 0.655 | Australia | Property | 119 | 0.676 | |
152 | 0.655 | Australia | Ex-Transpacific; investment | 131 | 0.638 | |
153 | 0.651 | and family | Australia | Property | n/a | not listed |
154 | 0.647 | Trevor St Baker | Australia | Energy | 180 | 0.472 |
155 | 0.646 | Australia | Property | 136 | 0.611 | |
156 | 0.639 | Australia | Ex-StarTrack | 129 | 0.651 | |
157 | 0.638 | John Symond AM | Australia | Ex-Aussie Home Loans | 134 | 0.621 |
158 | 0.637 | and family | Australia | Property | 132 | 0.631 |
159 | 0.623 | Australia | Waste services | n/a | not listed | |
160 | 0.623 | Australia | Travel services | 141 | 0.586 | |
161 | 0.620 | Australia | Investment | 156 | 0.536 | |
162 | 0.615 | and family | Australia | Investment | n/a | not listed |
163 | 0.605 | Australia | Ex-Menulog; technology | 138 | 0.589 | |
164 | 0.600 | Zeljko Ranogajec | Australia | Gaming | n/a | not listed |
165 | 0.600 | Australia | Technology; property | 157 | 0.535 | |
166 | 0.598 | and family | Australia | Manufacturing | n/a | not listed |
167 | 0.596 | Australia | Financial services | 165 | 0.519 | |
168 | 0.594 | Australia | Darrell Lea; retail | 139 | 0.588 | |
169 | 0.593 | Australia | Investment; services | 154 | 0.549 | |
170 | 0.584 | Australia | Hotels | 170 | 0.506 | |
171 | 0.583 | Australia | Property | 158 | 0.534 | |
172 | 0.582 | Australia | Property | 142 | 0.580 | |
173 | 0.575 | Graham Tuckwell | Australia | Financial services | 149 | 0.560 |
174 | 0.574 | Australia | Investment | 150 | 0.559 | |
175 | 0.567 | Australia | Property | 152 | 0.553 | |
176 | 0.564 | Nigel Satterley | Australia | Satterley; property | 155 | 0.546 |
177 | 0.560 | Australia | Ex-Computershare; investment | 167 | 0.519 | |
178 | 0.554 | Australia | Hotels | n/a | not listed | |
179 | 0.541 | Kevin Maloney | Australia | Mining services | 160 | 0.534 |
180 | 0.540 | Australia | Resources; property | 162 | 0.529 | |
181 | 0.538 | Australia | Financial services | 182 | 0.459 | |
182 | 0.530 | and family | Australia | Ex-Swisse | n/a | not listed |
183 | 0.523 | Australia | Financial services | 163 | 0.527 | |
184 | 0.520 | Australia | Financial services | 172 | 0.503 | |
185 | 0.517 | Australia | Financial services | 164 | 0.527 | |
186 | 0.514 | Australia | Technology | n/a | not listed | |
187 | 0.512 | Australia | Financial services | 153 | 0.549 | |
188 | 0.506 | and family | Australia | Agriculture | 175 | 0.491 |
189 | 0.503 | Australia | Sonic Healthcare | 169 | 0.511 | |
190 | 0.500 | Australia | Healthcare | 166 | 0.519 | |
191 | 0.491 | Australia | Financial services | 173 | 0.499 | |
192 | 0.491 | Greg Coffey | Australia | Financial services | 177 | 0.486 |
193 | 0.489 | Australia | Retail | n/a | not listed | |
194 | 0.487 | Nick Molnar | Australia | Afterpay | n/a | not listed |
195 | 0.487 | Anthony Eisen | Australia | n/a | not listed | |
196 | 0.486 | and Kayla Itsines | Australia | Technology | n/a | not listed |
197 | 0.485 | Australia | Healthcare | n/a | not listed | |
198 | 0.479 | Australia | Glencore | 151 | 0.479 | |
199 | 0.479 | Australia | Navitas Group | 176 | 0.450 | |
200 | 0.472 | Patricia Ilhan | Australia | Crazy John's | 194 | 0.407 |
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See also[]
- Financial Review Rich List
- Forbes Asia list of Australians by net worth
Notes[]
^[note a] : By calculation, the 2019 list is the 36th edition published, despite the reference by Nine Entertainment that the list is the 37th edition published.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ a b c "The Australian Financial Review Rich List Reveals Wealthiest 200". Nine Entertainment. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ a b Janda, Michael (31 May 2019). "Australia's wealthiest have become 50 times richer in my lifetime". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ Stensholt, John (25 May 2018). "2018 AFR Rich List: Who are Australia's richest people?". The Australian Financial Review. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ Chancellor, Jonathan (22 May 2013). "Billionaire property developer Hui Wing Mau the highest debutant on BRW Rich List". SmartCompany. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ Wen, Philip (26 May 2011). "Mystery billionaire emerges from corporate shadows". Executive Style. Australia. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ Glasenberg, Ivan (5 May 2013). "Letztlich macht es keine Differenz, ob Ihr Vermögen eine Milliarde beträgt oder sechs". SonntagsZeitung (Interview) (in German). Interviewed by Martin Spieler. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ Jukes, Peter (8 August 2012). The Fall of the House of Murdoch: Fourteen Days That Ended a Media Dynasty. London: Unbound (published 2012). ISBN 978-1-908717-43-6.
External links[]
- "Financial Review Rich List". The Australian Financial Review. 2019.
- 2019 in Australia
- Financial Review Rich List