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 edit

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   Bianca Rinehart   Australia Resources 19   3.28  
20   3.31   Richard White   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   Michael Hodgson   Australia Property n/a not listed
34   2.34   Marc Besen and family   Australia Retail 25   2.40  
35   2.33   Maurice Alter and family   Australia Retail 26   2.26  
36   2.05   Tony Perich and family   Australia Agriculture; property 37 1.76  
37   2.05   Ye Lipei   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   John Kahlbetzer   Australia Agriculture 42 1.70  
48   1.69   Huang Bingwen and family   Australia Manufacturing 43   1.66  
49   1.65   Raymond Barro 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   Jonathan Munz and family   Australia Manufacturing 62 1.24  
54   1.57   Paul Salteri AM and family   Australia Investment 57 1.28  
55   1.55   John Casella 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   Greg Goodman 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   Brian Flannery   Australia Resources 56 1.33  
64   1.39   Chris Thomas   Australia Agriculture 65 1.20  
65   1.35   Judith Neilson   Australia Investment 36 1.77  
66   1.34   Nechama Werdiger and family   Australia Property 87 0.859  
67   1.33   Russell Withers and family   Australia Retail 59 1.27  
68   1.32   Bruce Mathieson   Australia Gaming; investments 66 1.18  
69   1.32   Con Makris 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   Sam Chong   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   Peter Gunn   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   Jeff Chapman   Australia Financial services 72 1.13  
82   1.13   Chris Morris   Australia Computershare; financial services 76 1.02  
83   1.12   Nicholas Paspaley and family   Australia Paspaley Pearls n/a not listed
84 1.10   Joseph, Neill, Denis and John Wagner   Australia Construction; mining services 1.28
85   1.10   Reg and Hazel Rowe   Australia Super Retail Group; property 75 1.14  
86   1.10   Tim Kentley-Klay   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   Gordon Fu and family   Australia Property 88 0.858  
90   1.00   Shaun Bonétt   Australia Precision Group; property 96 0.784  
91   1.00   Richard Smith   Australia Food services 77 0.999  
92   0.989   Jack Gance   Australia Chemist Warehouse; retail 93 0.813  
93   0.977   Peter Scanlon and family   Australia Patrick Corporation 90 0.843  
94   0.974   Cyan and Collis Ta'eed and family   Australia Technology n/a not listed
95   0.973   Ervin and Charlotte Vidor   Australia Property; hotels 79 0.927  
96   0.966   Laurie Sutton   Australia Retail 188 0.432  
97   0.960   Mario Verrocchi   Australia Chemist Warehouse 94 0.803  
98   0.957   Raphael Geminder   Australia Manufacturing 53 0.957  
99   0.931   Spiros Alysandratos   Australia Travel; property 83 0.869  
100   0.914   Lloyd Williams   Australia Property; thoroughbreds 95 0.787  
101   0.905   Christian Beck   Australia Technology 99 0.775  
102   0.905   Dick Honan   Australia Manildra Group 179 0.475  
103   0.896   Kie Chie Wong and family   Australia Investor; resources n/a not listed
104   0.890   Chris Mackay   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   Shangjin Lin and family   Australia Property n/a not listed
108   0.871   Joy Chambers-Grundy   Australia Media n/a not listed
109   0.852   Graham Turner   Australia Flight Centre; hotels 86 0.861  
110   0.851   Marnie Lewis-Millar 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   Bill James   Australia Retail 85 0.863  
113   0.834   Rod Spooner and family   Australia Property n/a not listed
114   0.816   John Camilleri and family   Australia Manufacturing; food production n/a not listed
115   0.815   Theo Karedis   Australia Retail; property 105 0.737  
116   0.814   Dale Elphinstone   Australia Elphinstone Group; mining services 104 0.739  
117   0.805   Hamish Douglass   Australia Financial services 135 0.617  
118   0.802   Frank Costa AO and family   Australia Agriculture 127 0.655  
119   0.798   Jonathan Hallinan   Australia Property 123 0.667  
120   0.781   Scott Hutchinson 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   Larry Kestelman   Australia Dodo Services; telecommunications 97 0.784  
123   0.771   Allan Myers AC, QC   Australia Investment; agriculture 102 0.749  
124   0.768   Kevin Seymour and family   Australia Property 108 0.714  
125   0.767   Harry Stamoulis and family   Australia Manufacturing 125 0.660  
126   0.765   Andrew Muir   Australia The Good Guys 109 0.708  
127   0.761   Rod Duke   Australia Briscoe Group 103 0.744  
128   0.758   Jina Chen and Alex Wu   Australia Healthcare 100 0.756  
129   0.755   Iris Lustig-Moar and Max Moar   Australia Property 106 0.730  
130   0.746   Arnold Vitocco   Australia Property n/a not listed
131   0.745   Greg Farrell and family   Australia Federal Group; gaming n/a not listed
132   0.731   Travers Duncan   Australia Resources; property 110 0.706  
133   0.729   John Richards and family   Australia Waste management n/a not listed
134   0.728   Bruce Gordon   Australia Media 113  0.702  
135   0.713   Neil Rae   Australia Ex-Gull Petroleum n/a not listed
136   0.705   Trevor Lee   Australia Agriculture 130 0.646  
137   0.696   Mick Power   Australia Construction 115 0.689  
138   0.682   Paul Fudge   Australia Media 121 0.673  
139   0.679   Jack Bendat AM   Australia Property 111 0.704  
140   0.677   Robert Magid AM   Australia Property 168 0.513  
141   0.672   Tim Gurner   Australia Property 144 0.574  
142   0.672   Ori Allon   Australia Technology 191 0.413  
143   0.671   Max Beck   Australia Property 124 0.660  
144   0.670   Kim McKendrick 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   Gordon Martin   Australia Manufacturing 148 0.561  
147   0.662   Kerry Harmanis   Australia Resources 128 0.654  
148   0.661   Chris Ellison   Australia Resources 98 0.783  
149   0.660   Mark Creasy   Australia Resources 114 0.689  
150   0.656   Garry Rothwell   Australia Property n/a not listed
151   0.655   Andrew and Michael Buxton   Australia Property 119 0.676  
152   0.655   Terry Peabody   Australia Ex-Transpacific; investment 131 0.638  
153   0.651   Diane Burger and family   Australia Property n/a not listed
154   0.647   Trevor St Baker   Australia Energy 180 0.472  
155   0.646   Nick DiMauro   Australia Property 136 0.611  
156   0.639   Greg Poche   Australia Ex-StarTrack 129 0.651  
157   0.638   John Symond AM   Australia Ex-Aussie Home Loans 134 0.621  
158   0.637   Zig Inge and family   Australia Property 132 0.631  
159   0.623   Ian Malouf   Australia Waste services n/a not listed
160   0.623   Jamie Pherous   Australia Travel services 141 0.586  
161   0.620   Robert Whyte   Australia Investment 156 0.536  
162   0.615   Rhonda Wyllie and family   Australia Investment n/a not listed
163   0.605   Leon Kamenev   Australia Ex-Menulog; technology 138 0.589  
164   0.600   Zeljko Ranogajec   Australia Gaming n/a not listed
165   0.600   George Kepper   Australia Technology; property 157 0.535  
166   0.598   Sunny Ngai and family   Australia Manufacturing n/a not listed
167   0.596   David Paradice   Australia Financial services 165 0.519  
168   0.594   Christina and Tony Quinn   Australia Darrell Lea; retail 139 0.588  
169   0.593   John Higgins   Australia Investment; services 154 0.549  
170   0.584   Arthur Laundy   Australia Hotels 170 0.506  
171   0.583   Diana and Rino Grollo   Australia Property 158 0.534  
172   0.582   Danny Hill   Australia Property 142 0.580  
173   0.575   Graham Tuckwell   Australia Financial services 149 0.560  
174   0.574   Grahame Mapp   Australia Investment 150 0.559  
175   0.567   Paul Blackburne   Australia Property 152 0.553  
176   0.564   Nigel Satterley   Australia Satterley; property 155 0.546  
177   0.560   Tony Wales   Australia Ex-Computershare; investment 167 0.519  
178   0.554   Jerry Schwartz   Australia Hotels n/a not listed
179   0.541   Kevin Maloney   Australia Mining services 160 0.534  
180   0.540   Tony Poli   Australia Resources; property 162 0.529  
181   0.538   Owen Kerr   Australia Financial services 182 0.459  
182   0.530   Stephen Ring and family   Australia Ex-Swisse n/a not listed
183   0.523   Hilton Nathanson   Australia Financial services 163 0.527  
184   0.520   Seumas Dawes   Australia Financial services 172 0.503  
185   0.517   Will Vicars   Australia Financial services 164 0.527  
186   0.514   Anthony Hall   Australia Technology n/a not listed
187   0.512   Andrew Abercrombie   Australia Financial services 153 0.549  
188   0.506   Peter Hughes and family   Australia Agriculture 175 0.491  
189   0.503   Michael Boyd   Australia Sonic Healthcare 169 0.511  
190   0.500   Ian Roberts   Australia Healthcare 166 0.519  
191   0.491   Peter Cooper   Australia Financial services 173 0.499  
192   0.491   Greg Coffey   Australia Financial services 177 0.486  
193   0.489   Neville Bertalli   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   Tobias Pearce and Kayla Itsines   Australia Technology n/a not listed
197   0.485   Alan and Irene Messer   Australia Healthcare n/a not listed
198   0.479   Steven Kalmin   Australia Glencore 151 0.479  
199   0.479   Rod Jones   Australia Navitas Group 176 0.450  
200   0.472   Patricia Ilhan   Australia Crazy John's 194 0.407  
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Notes edit

^[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 edit

  1. ^ a b Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "The Australian Financial Review Rich List Reveals Wealthiest 200". Nine Entertainment. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Chancellor, Jonathan (22 May 2013). "Billionaire property developer Hui Wing Mau the highest debutant on BRW Rich List". SmartCompany. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  6. ^ Wen, Philip (26 May 2011). "Mystery billionaire emerges from corporate shadows". Executive Style. Australia. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.

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