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 theAustralian 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 | Visy; Pratt Industries | 1 |
12.90 | |
| 2 |
13.81 |
Gina Rinehart | Hancock Prospecting; investment | 3 |
12.68 | |
| 3 |
13.54 |
Harry Triguboff AO | Meriton Apartments | 2 |
12.77 | |
| 4 |
10.39 |
Hui Wing Mau | Shimao Property | 4 |
9.09 | |
| 5 |
9.75 |
Scott Farquhar | Atlassian | 11 |
5.16 | |
| 6 |
9.63 |
Mike Cannon-Brookes | 12 |
5.16 | ||
| 7 |
8.57 |
Sir Frank Lowy AC | ex-Westfield; property (shopping centres) | 5 |
8.42 | |
| 8 |
7.99 |
Andrew Forrest AO | Fortescue | 8 |
6.10 | |
| 9 |
7.17 |
Ivan Glasenberg | Glencore commodities trading | 6 |
8.32 | |
| 10 |
6.60 |
John Gandel AC | Property (shopping centres) | 7 |
6.45 | |
| 11 |
5.69 |
Kerry Stokes AC | Property; Seven West Media; resources | 13 |
4.93 | |
| 12 |
5.50 |
Vivek Chaand Sehgal | Motherson Sumi Systems | 9 |
5.88 | |
| 13 |
4.94 |
James Packer | Crown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings | 10 |
5.50 | |
| 14 |
4.67 |
Lang Walker | Walker Corporation (property) | 18 |
3.47 | |
| 15 |
4.09 |
Clive Palmer | Mineralogy and other mining interests; hospitality | 20 |
2.84 | |
| 16 |
4.07 |
Alan Wilson and family | Reece Group | 16 |
3.87 | |
| 17 |
4.01 |
Len Ainsworth AM | Gaming; manufacturing | 14 |
4.02 | |
| 18 |
3.62 |
Lachlan Murdoch | Media | n/a | not listed | |
| 19 |
3.61 |
Bianca Rinehart | Resources | 19 |
3.28 | |
| 20 |
3.31 |
Richard White | Technology | 44 | 1.66 | |
| 21 |
3.31 |
Lindsay Fox AC | Linfox; property | 17 |
3.56 | |
| 22 |
3.10 |
Prudence MacLeod | News Corporation and Times Newspapers | n/a | not listed | |
| 23 |
2.90 |
David Hains | Investment | 21 |
2.69 | |
| 24 |
2.83 |
Solomon Lew | Premier Investments; retail | 23 |
2.55 | |
| 25 |
2.79 |
Jack Cowin | Competitive Foods Australia; investment | 24 |
2.41 | |
| 26 |
2.72 |
Sir Michael Hintze GCSG, AM | Retail; investment | 22 |
2.43 | |
| 27 |
2.68 |
Nigel Austin | Cotton On Group; retail | 32 | 1.96 | |
| 28 |
2.62 |
Angela Bennett | Mining | 27 |
2.17 | |
| 29 |
2.51 |
John Van Lieshout | Retail | 33 | 1.92 | |
| 30 |
2.72 |
Tim Roberts | Ex-Multiplex; investment | 73 | 1.09 | |
| 31 |
2.38 |
Alexandra Burt and Leonie Baldock | Resources | 30 | 2.08 | |
| 32 |
2.37 |
Betty Klimenko, Monica Weinberg-Saunders and family | Property | n/a | not listed | |
| 33 |
2.34 |
Michael Hodgson | Property | n/a | not listed | |
| 34 |
2.34 |
Marc Besen and family | Retail | 25 |
2.40 | |
| 35 |
2.33 |
Maurice Alter and family | Retail | 26 |
2.26 | |
| 36 |
2.05 |
Tony Perich and family | Agriculture; property | 37 | 1.76 | |
| 37 |
2.05 |
Ye Lipei | Property | 29 | 2.12 | |
| 38 |
2.03 |
David and Vicky Teoh | Telecommunications | 38 | 1.76 | |
| 39 |
2.00 |
Brett Blundy | Retail; property; agriculture | 41 | 1.71 | |
| 40 |
1.90 |
Gerry Harvey | Harvey Norman Holdings | 28 |
2.12 | |
| 41 |
1.88 |
Sam and Andrew Buckeridge and family | Buckeridge Group of Companies | n/a | not listed | |
| 42 |
1.88 |
Chris Wallin | Resources | 34 | 1.79 | |
| 43 |
1.86 |
Terry Snow AM | Capital Airport Group; property | 52 | 1.46 | |
| 44 |
1.84 |
Bob Ell | Property | 48 | 1.56 | |
| 45 |
1.77 |
Paul Little AO | Toll Holdings | 50 | 1.54 | |
| 46 |
1.72 |
Sam Tarascio | Property | 51 | 1.54 | |
| 47 |
1.70 |
John Kahlbetzer | Agriculture | 42 | 1.70 | |
| 48 |
1.69 |
Huang Bingwen and family | Manufacturing | 43 |
1.66 | |
| 49 |
1.65 |
Raymond Barro and family | Construction | n/a | not listed | |
| 50 |
1.61 |
Morry Fraid, Zac Freid and family | Retail; property | 46 | 1.61 | |
| 51 |
1.60 |
Manny Stul and family | Moose Toys; retail | 40 | 1.73 | |
| 52 |
1.58 |
Alan Rydge | Rydges Hotels & Resorts; Event Cinemas | 49 |
1.56 | |
| 53 |
1.58 |
Jonathan Munz and family | Manufacturing | 62 | 1.24 | |
| 54 |
1.57 |
Paul Salteri AM and family | Investment | 57 | 1.28 | |
| 55 |
1.55 |
John Casella and family | Agriculture | n/a | not listed | |
| 56 |
1.56 |
Alex Waislitz | Investment | 54 | 1.39 | |
| 57 |
1.55 |
Michael Heine and family | Financial services | 58 |
1.27 | |
| 58 |
1.55 |
Chau Chak Wing | Property; investments | 45 | 1.63 | |
| 59 |
1.49 |
Yasser, Samer, and Khalil Shahin and family | Retail | n/a | not listed | |
| 60 |
1.49 |
Kerr Neilson | Financial services | 35 | 1.78 | |
| 61 |
1.43 |
Greg Goodman and family | Goodman Group; property | 70 | 1.15 | |
| 62 |
1.42 |
Bill Roche and Imelda Roche AO | Retail | 146 | 0.566 | |
| 63 |
1.40 |
Brian Flannery | Resources | 56 | 1.33 | |
| 64 |
1.39 |
Chris Thomas | Agriculture | 65 | 1.20 | |
| 65 |
1.35 |
Judith Neilson | Investment | 36 | 1.77 | |
| 66 |
1.34 |
Nechama Werdiger and family | Property | 87 | 0.859 | |
| 67 |
1.33 |
Russell Withers and family | Retail | 59 | 1.27 | |
| 68 |
1.32 |
Bruce Mathieson | Gaming; investments | 66 | 1.18 | |
| 69 |
1.32 |
Con Makris and family | Property | 60 | 1.26 | |
| 70 |
1.31 |
Paul Lederer | Ex-Primo smallgoods; investment | 71 | 1.14 | |
| 71 |
1.30 |
Robert Millner and family | Soul Patts; investment | 69 |
1.16 | |
| 72 |
1.27 |
Maha Sinnathamby | Residential property | 64 | 1.21 | |
| 73 |
1.24 |
Sam Chong | Resources; hotels | 92 | 0.817 | |
| 74 |
1.23 |
Nick Politis AM | Retail; property | 55 | 1.35 | |
| 75 |
1.21 |
Peter, Andrew and Lex Greensill | Financial services; agriculture | n/a | not listed | |
| 76 |
1.20 |
Ralph Sarich AO | Investment; property | 63 | 1.23 | |
| 77 |
1.19 |
Peter Gunn | Logistics; investment; property | 67 | 1.17 | |
| 78 |
1.18 |
Jamuna Gurung and Shesh Ghale | Melbourne Institute of Technology | 81 | 0.647 | |
| 79 |
1.17 |
Bob Ingham AO | Ex-Inghams Enterprises | 68 | 1.16 | |
| 80 |
1.16 |
Gretel Packer | Crown Resorts; investment | 61 | 1.26 | |
| 81 |
1.14 |
Jeff Chapman | Financial services | 72 | 1.13 | |
| 82 |
1.13 |
Chris Morris | Computershare; financial services | 76 | 1.02 | |
| 83 |
1.12 |
Nicholas Paspaley and family | Paspaley Pearls | n/a | not listed | |
| 84 | 1.10 |
Joseph, Neill, Denis and John Wagner | Construction; mining services | 1.28 | ||
| 85 |
1.10 |
Reg and Hazel Rowe | Super Retail Group; property | 75 | 1.14 | |
| 86 |
1.10 |
Tim Kentley-Klay | Technology | 143 | 0.58 | |
| 87 |
1.09 |
Sandy Oatley and family | Agriculture; property; tourism | 74 | 1.07 | |
| 88 |
1.06 |
Justin Hemmes | Hotels; property | 78 |
0.951 | |
| 89 |
1.04 |
Gordon Fu and family | Property | 88 | 0.858 | |
| 90 |
1.00 |
Shaun Bonétt | Precision Group; property | 96 | 0.784 | |
| 91 |
1.00 |
Richard Smith | Food services | 77 | 0.999 | |
| 92 |
0.989 |
Jack Gance | Chemist Warehouse; retail | 93 | 0.813 | |
| 93 |
0.977 |
Peter Scanlon and family | Patrick Corporation | 90 | 0.843 | |
| 94 |
0.974 |
Cyan and Collis Ta'eed and family | Technology | n/a | not listed | |
| 95 |
0.973 |
Ervin and Charlotte Vidor | Property; hotels | 79 | 0.927 | |
| 96 |
0.966 |
Laurie Sutton | Retail | 188 | 0.432 | |
| 97 |
0.960 |
Mario Verrocchi | Chemist Warehouse | 94 | 0.803 | |
| 98 |
0.957 |
Raphael Geminder | Manufacturing | 53 | 0.957 | |
| 99 |
0.931 |
Spiros Alysandratos | Travel; property | 83 | 0.869 | |
| 100 |
0.914 |
Lloyd Williams | Property; thoroughbreds | 95 | 0.787 | |
| 101 |
0.905 |
Christian Beck | Technology | 99 | 0.775 | |
| 102 |
0.905 |
Dick Honan | Manildra Group | 179 | 0.475 | |
| 103 |
0.896 |
Kie Chie Wong and family | Investor; resources | n/a | not listed | |
| 104 |
0.890 |
Chris Mackay | Financial services | 118 | 0.680 | |
| 105 |
0.885 |
Patrick Grove | Technology | 89 | 0.850 | |
| 106 |
0.885 |
Andrew Roberts | Ex-Multiplex; property | 91 | 0.822 | |
| 107 |
0.882 |
Shangjin Lin and family | Property | n/a | not listed | |
| 108 |
0.871 |
Joy Chambers-Grundy | Media | n/a | not listed | |
| 109 |
0.852 |
Graham Turner | Flight Centre; hotels | 86 | 0.861 | |
| 110 |
0.851 |
Marnie Lewis-Millar and Shay Lewis-Thorp | Property | n/a | not listed | |
| 111 |
0.851 |
Geoff Harris | Flight Centre; investment | 84 | 0.867 | |
| 112 |
0.842 |
Bill James | Retail | 85 | 0.863 | |
| 113 |
0.834 |
Rod Spooner and family | Property | n/a | not listed | |
| 114 |
0.816 |
John Camilleri and family | Manufacturing; food production | n/a | not listed | |
| 115 |
0.815 |
Theo Karedis | Retail; property | 105 | 0.737 | |
| 116 |
0.814 |
Dale Elphinstone | Elphinstone Group; mining services | 104 | 0.739 | |
| 117 |
0.805 |
Hamish Douglass | Financial services | 135 | 0.617 | |
| 118 |
0.802 |
Frank Costa AO and family | Agriculture | 127 | 0.655 | |
| 119 |
0.798 |
Jonathan Hallinan | Property | 123 | 0.667 | |
| 120 |
0.781 |
Scott Hutchinson and family | Construction | n/a | not listed | |
| 121 |
0.781 |
Naomi Milgrom AO | Sussan; Sportsgirl; Suzanne Grae | 133 |
0.625 | |
| 122 |
0.772 |
Larry Kestelman | Dodo Services; telecommunications | 97 | 0.784 | |
| 123 |
0.771 |
Allan Myers AC, QC | Investment; agriculture | 102 | 0.749 | |
| 124 |
0.768 |
Kevin Seymour and family | Property | 108 | 0.714 | |
| 125 |
0.767 |
Harry Stamoulis and family | Manufacturing | 125 | 0.660 | |
| 126 |
0.765 |
Andrew Muir | The Good Guys | 109 | 0.708 | |
| 127 |
0.761 |
Rod Duke | Briscoe Group | 103 | 0.744 | |
| 128 |
0.758 |
Jina Chen and Alex Wu | Healthcare | 100 | 0.756 | |
| 129 |
0.755 |
Iris Lustig-Moar and Max Moar | Property | 106 | 0.730 | |
| 130 |
0.746 |
Arnold Vitocco | Property | n/a | not listed | |
| 131 |
0.745 |
Greg Farrell and family | Federal Group; gaming | n/a | not listed | |
| 132 |
0.731 |
Travers Duncan | Resources; property | 110 | 0.706 | |
| 133 |
0.729 |
John Richards and family | Waste management | n/a | not listed | |
| 134 |
0.728 |
Bruce Gordon | Media | 113 |
0.702 | |
| 135 |
0.713 |
Neil Rae | Ex-Gull Petroleum | n/a | not listed | |
| 136 |
0.705 |
Trevor Lee | Agriculture | 130 | 0.646 | |
| 137 |
0.696 |
Mick Power | Construction | 115 | 0.689 | |
| 138 |
0.682 |
Paul Fudge | Media | 121 | 0.673 | |
| 139 |
0.679 |
Jack Bendat AM | Property | 111 | 0.704 | |
| 140 |
0.677 |
Robert Magid AM | Property | 168 | 0.513 | |
| 141 |
0.672 |
Tim Gurner | Property | 144 | 0.574 | |
| 142 |
0.672 |
Ori Allon | Technology | 191 | 0.413 | |
| 143 |
0.671 |
Max Beck | Property | 124 | 0.660 | |
| 144 |
0.670 |
Kim McKendrick and family | Ex-Godfrey Hirst Carpets | 126 | 0.657 | |
| 145 |
0.670 |
John Singleton | Media; investment; property | 161 | 0.534 | |
| 146 |
0.663 |
Gordon Martin | Manufacturing | 148 | 0.561 | |
| 147 |
0.662 |
Kerry Harmanis | Resources | 128 | 0.654 | |
| 148 |
0.661 |
Chris Ellison | Resources | 98 | 0.783 | |
| 149 |
0.660 |
Mark Creasy | Resources | 114 | 0.689 | |
| 150 |
0.656 |
Garry Rothwell | Property | n/a | not listed | |
| 151 |
0.655 |
Andrew and Michael Buxton | Property | 119 | 0.676 | |
| 152 |
0.655 |
Terry Peabody | Ex-Transpacific; investment | 131 | 0.638 | |
| 153 |
0.651 |
Diane Burger and family | Property | n/a | not listed | |
| 154 |
0.647 |
Trevor St Baker | Energy | 180 | 0.472 | |
| 155 |
0.646 |
Nick DiMauro | Property | 136 | 0.611 | |
| 156 |
0.639 |
Greg Poche | Ex-StarTrack | 129 | 0.651 | |
| 157 |
0.638 |
John Symond AM | Ex-Aussie Home Loans | 134 | 0.621 | |
| 158 |
0.637 |
Zig Inge and family | Property | 132 | 0.631 | |
| 159 |
0.623 |
Ian Malouf | Waste services | n/a | not listed | |
| 160 |
0.623 |
Jamie Pherous | Travel services | 141 | 0.586 | |
| 161 |
0.620 |
Robert Whyte | Investment | 156 | 0.536 | |
| 162 |
0.615 |
Rhonda Wyllie and family | Investment | n/a | not listed | |
| 163 |
0.605 |
Leon Kamenev | Ex-Menulog; technology | 138 | 0.589 | |
| 164 |
0.600 |
Zeljko Ranogajec | Gaming | n/a | not listed | |
| 165 |
0.600 |
George Kepper | Technology; property | 157 | 0.535 | |
| 166 |
0.598 |
Sunny Ngai and family | Manufacturing | n/a | not listed | |
| 167 |
0.596 |
David Paradice | Financial services | 165 | 0.519 | |
| 168 |
0.594 |
Christina and Tony Quinn | Darrell Lea; retail | 139 | 0.588 | |
| 169 |
0.593 |
John Higgins | Investment; services | 154 | 0.549 | |
| 170 |
0.584 |
Arthur Laundy | Hotels | 170 | 0.506 | |
| 171 |
0.583 |
Diana and Rino Grollo | Property | 158 | 0.534 | |
| 172 |
0.582 |
Danny Hill | Property | 142 | 0.580 | |
| 173 |
0.575 |
Graham Tuckwell | Financial services | 149 | 0.560 | |
| 174 |
0.574 |
Grahame Mapp | Investment | 150 | 0.559 | |
| 175 |
0.567 |
Paul Blackburne | Property | 152 | 0.553 | |
| 176 |
0.564 |
Nigel Satterley | Satterley; property | 155 | 0.546 | |
| 177 |
0.560 |
Tony Wales | Ex-Computershare; investment | 167 | 0.519 | |
| 178 |
0.554 |
Jerry Schwartz | Hotels | n/a | not listed | |
| 179 |
0.541 |
Kevin Maloney | Mining services | 160 | 0.534 | |
| 180 |
0.540 |
Tony Poli | Resources; property | 162 | 0.529 | |
| 181 |
0.538 |
Owen Kerr | Financial services | 182 | 0.459 | |
| 182 |
0.530 |
Stephen Ring and family | Ex-Swisse | n/a | not listed | |
| 183 |
0.523 |
Hilton Nathanson | Financial services | 163 | 0.527 | |
| 184 |
0.520 |
Seumas Dawes | Financial services | 172 | 0.503 | |
| 185 |
0.517 |
Will Vicars | Financial services | 164 | 0.527 | |
| 186 |
0.514 |
Anthony Hall | Technology | n/a | not listed | |
| 187 |
0.512 |
Andrew Abercrombie | Financial services | 153 | 0.549 | |
| 188 |
0.506 |
Peter Hughes and family | Agriculture | 175 | 0.491 | |
| 189 |
0.503 |
Michael Boyd | Sonic Healthcare | 169 | 0.511 | |
| 190 |
0.500 |
Ian Roberts | Healthcare | 166 | 0.519 | |
| 191 |
0.491 |
Peter Cooper | Financial services | 173 | 0.499 | |
| 192 |
0.491 |
Greg Coffey | Financial services | 177 | 0.486 | |
| 193 |
0.489 |
Neville Bertalli | Retail | n/a | not listed | |
| 194 |
0.487 |
Nick Molnar | Afterpay | n/a | not listed | |
| 195 |
0.487 |
Anthony Eisen | n/a | not listed | ||
| 196 |
0.486 |
Tobias Pearce and Kayla Itsines | Technology | n/a | not listed | |
| 197 |
0.485 |
Alan and Irene Messer | Healthcare | n/a | not listed | |
| 198 |
0.479 |
Steven Kalmin | Glencore | 151 | 0.479 | |
| 199 |
0.479 |
Rod Jones | Navitas Group | 176 | 0.450 | |
| 200 |
0.472 |
Patricia Ilhan | Crazy John's | 194 | 0.407 | |
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See also
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. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.