Gretel Packer

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Gretel Packer

AM
BornAugust 1965 (age 56)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupation
Known forPacker family
Spouse(s)
  • Nick Barham
    ​
    (div. 1999)​
    [1]
  • Shane Murray
    ​
    ​
    (m. 2005; div. 2007)​
    [2]
Children3[1]
Parents
Relatives

Gretel Lees Packer AM (born August 1965[5]) is an Australian billionaire investor and philanthropist.[6]

Packer is the daughter of Kerry Packer AC, a media mogul, and his wife, Roslyn Packer AC. She is the granddaughter of Sir Frank Packer. Following the death of her father and an estimated A$1.2 billion settlement[5] in 2015 with her brother, James, she inherited investments in Crown Resorts, and other companies.[7]

Her philanthropic interests include a broad range of community activities and charities aligned to the arts, education, and environmental science. Packer is Vice-President of the Board of Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales,[8] Chair of the Advisory Board of Crown Resorts Foundation, Chair of the Packer Family Foundation, Chair of The Sydney Theatre Company Foundation, and a Founding Patron of the Taronga Zoo Conservation Science Initiative and a Founding Governor of the Taronga Zoo Foundation. She has previously served as a Director of the Royal Hospital for Women Foundation and as a Council Member of the Royal Botanic Gardens Foundation.[9]

Personal life[]

Packer had two children to her first husband, Nick Barham, whom she divorced in 1999;[1] and one child to her second husband, Shane Murray, whom she married in late 2005 and divorced in 2007.[2]

Net worth[]

In May 2019, Packer's net worth was assessed as A$1.16 billion by the Financial Review Rich List, the eightieth richest Australian.[10] Forbes Asia magazine assessed Packer's net worth at US$1.6 billion in January 2019, the twenty-sixth richest Australian.[3]

Year Financial Review
Rich List 		Forbes
Australia's 50 Richest
Rank Net worth (A$) Rank Net worth (US$)
2017[11][12][13]
2018[14] 61 Increase $1.26 billion Increase
2019[10][3] 80 Decrease $1.16 billion Decrease 26 Decrease $1.60 billion
2020[15] 56 Increase $1.77 billion Increase
2021[4] 50 Increase $2.30 billion Increase
Legend
Icon Description
Steady Has not changed from the previous year
Increase Has increased from the previous year
Decrease Has decreased from the previous year

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Sharp, Annette (10 August 2013). "Gretel Packer steps out with her boys". Daily Telegraph. Australia. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Baby boy for Gretel Packer". The Sydney Morning Herald. AAP. 29 January 2006. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
  3. ^ a b c "2019 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. January 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  4. ^ a b Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (27 May 2021). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  5. ^ a b Hornery, Andrew (5 June 2020). "Gretel Packer packs artistic punch with philanthropic ways". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  6. ^ Albert, Jane (2 May 2019). "The 5 wealthy women who championed Sydney Modern". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  7. ^ Kitney, Damon (12 October 2018). "The ties that bind". The Australian. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Gretel Packer". Forbes. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Art Gallery of NSW Board of Trustees". About us. Art Gallery of New South Wales. n.d. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  10. ^ a b Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  11. ^ Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2017). "Financial Review Rich List 2017". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  12. ^ Mayne, Stephen (26 May 2017). "Mayne's take: The top 25 Australian billionaires, as claimed by Fairfax". Crikey. Private Media. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  13. ^ "Australia's Richest 2017: Country's Wealthiest Continue Mining For Dollars". Forbes Asia. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  14. ^ Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2018). "2018 AFR Rich List: Who are Australia's richest people?". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  15. ^ Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (30 October 2020). "The full list: Australia's wealthiest 200 revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
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