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Forbes list of Australia's 50 richest people 2019

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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 on 15 January 2019.[1]

The net worth of the wealthiest individual, Gina Rinehart, was estimated to be US$14.80 billion; while the net worth of the 50th wealthiest individual, Michael Heine, was estimated to be US$750 million.

List of individuals

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2019[1] Name Citizenship Source of wealth 2018
Rank Net worth
US$ bn
Rank Net worth
US$ bn
1 Steady 14.80 Decrease Gina Rinehart  Australia Hancock Prospecting; investment 1 Steady 17.40 Increase
2 Steady 9.00 Decrease Harry Triguboff  Australia Meriton Apartments
3 Steady 6.80 Increase Anthony Pratt  Australia Visy Industries; Pratt Industries
4 Steady 6.50 Increase Frank Lowy  Australia Ex-Westfield; property
5 Increase 6.40 Increase Mike Cannon-Brookes  Australia Atlassian software tech
Scott Farquhar  Australia
7 Decrease 4.30 Decrease Andrew Forrest  Australia Fortescue Metals Group
8 Decrease 4.00 Decrease John Gandel  Australia Property (shopping centres)
9 Decrease 3.60 Decrease James Packer  Australia Crown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings
10 Decrease 3.50 Steady Lindsay Fox  Australia Linfox Transports and logistics
11 Decrease 3.10 Decrease Bianca Rinehart, John Hancock,
Ginia Rinehart and Hope Welker
 Australia Resources
12 Increase 2.90 Decrease Kerry Stokes  Australia Property; Seven West Media; resources
13 Increase 2.55 Increase Sir Michael Hintze  Australia
 United Kingdom
Retail; investment
14 Increase 2.50 Decrease Alan Wilson and family  Australia Reece Group; retail
15 Increase 2.40 Increase Lang Walker  Australia Walker Corporation (property)
16 Increase 2.30 Decrease Fiona Geminder  Australia Manufacturing; investment
17 Increase 2.20 Increase Richard White  Australia WiseTech Global
18 Increase 2.10 Increase Maurice Alter  Australia Property (shopping centres)
19 Steady 1.90 Increase David Hains  Australia Investment
20 Increase 1.80 Increase Clive Palmer  Australia Mineralogy and other mining interests; hospitality
21 Decrease 1.76 Increase Heloise Waislitz  Australia Manufacturing; investment
22 Decrease 1.74 Increase Tony and Ron Perich  Australia Investment
23 Decrease 1.70 Increase Jack Cowin  Australia Competitive Foods Australia; investment
24 Decrease 1.65 Decrease Angela Bennett  Australia Resources
25 Increase 1.62 Increase David Teoh  Australia Telecommunications
26 Increase 1.60 Increase Gretel Packer  Australia Crown Resorts; investment
27 Increase 1.50 Increase Nigel Austin  Australia Cotton On Group; retail
28 Decrease 1.46 Increase Solomon Lew  Australia Premier Investments; retail
29 Increase 1.44 Increase Brett Blundy  Australia Retail; agribusiness
30 Increase 1.42 Increase Bob Ell  Australia Property development
31 Decrease 1.40 Increase John van Lieshout  Australia Real estate
32 Decrease 1.35 Decrease Gerry Harvey  Australia Harvey Norman; retail
33 Decrease 1.30 Decrease Manny Stul  Australia Retail; toys
34 Decrease 1.24 Decrease Kerr Neilson  Australia Financial services
35 Increase 1.22 Increase Sam Tarascio  Australia Real estate
36 Increase 1.20 Increase Terry Snow  Australia Capital Airport Group; property development
37 Decrease 1.02 Increase Judith Neilson  Australia Investment
38 Decrease 1.00 Decrease Alan Rydge  Australia Rydges Hotels & Resorts
39 Increase 0.98 Increase Maha Sinnathamby  Australia Real estate
40 Decrease 0.95 Increase Paul Little  Australia Logistics; real estate
41 Increase 0.91 Increase Chris Wallin  Australia Mining
42 Decrease 0.90 Increase Len Ainsworth  Australia Gaming; manufacturing
43 Steady 0.87 Increase Bruce Mathieson  Australia Hotels
44 Decrease 0.85 Increase Con Makris  Australia Real estate
45 Decrease 0.825 Decrease Russ Withers and family of the late Beverley Barlow  Australia 7-Eleven Australia
46 Decrease 0.81 Increase Ralph Sarich  Australia Real estate
47 Increase 0.80 Increase Richard Smith  Australia Food distribution
48 Decrease 0.77 Increase John Kahlbetzer  Australia Agriculture
49 Increase 0.76 Increase Christopher Morris  Australia Software; hospitality
50 Increase 0.75 Increase Michael Heine  Australia Financial services
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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "2019 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. January 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.