BRW Rich 200, 2014

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The BRW Rich 200, 2014 is the 31st annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in Australia, published online by The Australian Financial Review on 26 June 2014. [1]

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In the 2014 list, the net worth of the wealthiest individual, Gina Rinehart, was A$14.02  billion. Fourteen women and 186 men made the 2014 list. [2]

The BRW Rich Families List was published annually since 2008. In the 2014 list, the Smorgon family headed the list with estimated wealth of A$2.77 billion. [3] The Smorgon families headed the families list in every year of its publication. The families list was last published in 2015. [4]

List of individuals

2014 [1] NameCitizenshipSource of wealth 2013 [5] [6]
Rank Net worth
A$  bn
RankNet worth
A$ bn
1Steady2.svg20.01 Decrease2.svg Gina Rinehart Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Hancock Prospecting; investment1Steady2.svg22.02 Decrease2.svg
2Increase2.svg7.64 Increase2.svg Anthony Pratt Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Visy Industries; Pratt Industries4Increase2.svg5.95 Increase2.svg
3Steady2.svg7.19 Increase2.svg James Packer Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Crown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings 3Increase2.svg$6.00 Increase2.svg
4Decrease2.svg7.16 Increase2.svg Frank Lowy AC Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Westfield; property (shopping centres)2Increase2.svg6.87 Increase2.svg
5Steady2.svg6.63 Increase2.svg Ivan Glasenberg Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [7]
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland [8]
Glencore commodities trading 5Decrease2.svg5.61 Decrease2.svg
6Increase2.svg6.35 Increase2.svg Hui Wing Mau Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  People's Republic of China
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [9]
Shimao Property 7Increase2.svg4.82 Increase2.svg
7Increase2.svg5.86 Increase2.svg Andrew Forrest Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Fortescue Metals Group 9Decrease2.svg3.66 Decrease2.svg
8Steady2.svg4.40 Increase2.svg John Gandel AO Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Property (shopping centres)8Increase2.svg3.70 Increase2.svg
9Decrease2.svg4.08 Increase2.svg Harry Triguboff AO Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Meriton Apartments 6Increase2.svg4.95 Increase2.svg
10Increase2.svg3.35 Increase2.svg Kerr Neilson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Financial services13Increase2.svg2.43 Increase2.svg
Legend
Icon Description
Steady2.svgHas not changed from the previous year's list
Increase2.svgHas increased from the previous year's list
Decrease2.svgHas decreased from the previous year's list

List of families

2014 [3] NameCitizenshipSource of wealth 2013 [10]
Rank Net worth
A$  bn
RankNet worth
A$ bn
1Steady2.svg2.77 Increase2.svg Smorgon family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Investment1Steady2.svg2.64 Increase2.svg
2Steady2.svg2.45 Increase2.svg Liberman family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Investment2Steady2.svg2.10 Decrease2.svg
3Increase2.svg2.34 Increase2.svg Wilson family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Retail (plumbing)5Increase2.svg1.83 Increase2.svg
4Decrease2.svg2.29 Increase2.svg Besen family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Property; retail2Increase2.svg2.10 Decrease2.svg
5Steady2.svg2.19 Steady2.svg Buckeridge family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Manufacturing (building materials); constructionn/a2.10 Increase2.svg
6Decrease2.svg2.05 Increase2.svg Myer family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Retail; property; investment4Increase2.svg2.01 Increase2.svg
7Increase2.svg1.86 Increase2.svg Roberts family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Investment; property6Steady2.svg1.82 Increase2.svg
8Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
9Steady2.svg1.26 Increase2.svg Salteri family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Tenix; infrastructure investment (roads and services)9Increase2.svg1.17 Increase2.svg
10Decrease2.svg1.18 Decrease2.svg Talbot family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Resources8Steady2.svg1.21 Decrease2.svg
Legend
Icon Description
Steady2.svgHas not changed from the previous year's list
Increase2.svgHas increased from the previous year's list
Decrease2.svgHas decreased from the previous year's list

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