Forbes list of Australia's 50 richest people 2018
The Forbes list of Australia's 50 richest people is the annual survey of the fifty wealthiest people resident in Australia, published by Forbes Asia in January 2018.
The net worth of the wealthiest individual, Gina Rinehart, was estimated to be US$17.40 billion.
List of individuals[]
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2018[citation needed] | Name | Citizenship | Source of wealth | 2017[1][2][3][4] | ||
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Rank | Net worth US$ bn |
Rank | Net worth US$ bn | |||
1 | 17.40 | Gina Rinehart | Australia | Hancock Prospecting; investment | 1 | 14.80 |
2 | Harry Triguboff | Australia | Meriton Apartments | 2 | 9.90 | |
3 | Anthony Pratt | Australia | Visy Industries; Pratt Industries | 3 | 5.80 | |
4 | Frank Lowy | Australia | Ex-Westfield; property | 4 | 5.70 | |
5 | Mike Cannon-Brookes | Australia | Atlassian | 10 | 3.40 | |
Scott Farquhar | Australia | |||||
7 | Andrew Forrest | Australia | Fortescue Metals Group | 6 | 4.40 | |
8 | John Gandel | Australia | Property (shopping centres) | 7 | 4.10 | |
9 | James Packer | Australia | Crown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings | 8 | 3.70 | |
10 | Lindsay Fox | Australia | Linfox | 9 | 3.50 | |
11 | , John Hancock, and |
Australia | Resources | 5 | 5.00 | |
12 | Kerry Stokes | Australia | Property; Seven West Media; resources | 14 | 2.60 | |
13 | Sir Michael Hintze | Australia United Kingdom |
Retail; investment | 17 | ||
14 | Alan Wilson and family | Australia | Reece Group; retail | 13 | ||
15 | Lang Walker | Australia | Walker Corporation (property) | 16 | ||
16 | Fiona Geminder | Australia | Manufacturing; investment | 12 | ||
17 | Australia | WiseTech Global | 32 | |||
18 | Maurice Alter | Australia | Property (shopping centres) | 20 | ||
19 | David Hains | Australia | Investment | 19 | ||
20 | Clive Palmer | Australia | Mineralogy and other mining interests; hospitality | n/a | not listed | |
21 | Heloise Waislitz | Australia | Manufacturing; investment | 18 | ||
22 | Australia | Investment | 21 | |||
23 | Jack Cowin | Australia | Competitive Foods Australia; investment | 22 | ||
24 | Angela Bennett | Australia | Resources | 23 | 1.70 | |
25 | David Teoh | Australia | Telecommunications | 29 | ||
26 | Gretel Packer | Australia | Crown Resorts; investment | |||
27 | Nigel Austin | Australia | Cotton On Group; retail | |||
28 | Solomon Lew | Australia | Premier Investments; retail | 30 | ||
29 | Brett Blundy | Australia | Retail; agribusiness | 33 | ||
30 | Bob Ell | Australia | Property development | 28 | ||
31 | John van Lieshout | Australia | Real estate | |||
32 | Gerry Harvey | Australia | Harvey Norman; retail | 25 | ||
33 | Manny Stul | Australia | Retail; toys | 27 | 1.40 | |
34 | Kerr Neilson | Australia | Financial services | 24 | ||
1.00 | Sam Tarascio[5] | Australia | Real estate | |||
36 | Terry Snow | Australia | Capital Airport Group; property development | n/a | not listed | |
37 | Judith Neilson | Australia | Investment | 26 | ||
38 | Alan Rydge | Australia | Rydges Hotels & Resorts | |||
39 | Maha Sinnathamby | Australia | Real estate | |||
40 | Paul Little | Australia | Logistics; real estate | |||
41 | Chris Wallin | Australia | Mining | |||
42 | Len Ainsworth | Australia | Gaming; manufacturing | 31 | ||
43 | Australia | Hotels | ||||
44 | Australia | Real estate | ||||
45 | and family of the late Beverley Barlow | Australia | 7-Eleven Australia | |||
46 | Ralph Sarich | Australia | Real estate | |||
47 | Australia | Food distribution | ||||
48 | Australia | Agriculture | ||||
49 | Australia | Software; hospitality |
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See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Australia's Richest 2017: Country's Wealthiest Continue Mining For Dollars". Forbes Asia. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ "Gina Rinehart tops Forbes Australia Rich List with $21.5b". The Sydney Morning Herald. AAP. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ Froelicher, Christian (23 January 2018). "Rich and counting: Australia's 33 billionaires". SBS World News. Australia. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ "Nocookies". The Australian. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ^ "Sam Tarascio". Forbes. 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
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