BRW Rich 200, 2012

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The BRW Rich 200, 2012 is the 29th annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in Australia, published in hardcopy and online formats in the BRW magazine on 24 May 2012. [1]

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In the 2012 list, the net worth of the wealthiest individual, Gina Rinehart, was A$29.17  billion.

The BRW Rich Families List was published annually since 2008. In the 2012 list, the Smorgon family headed the list with estimated wealth of A$2.63 billion. [2] The Smorgon families headed the families list in every year of its publication. The families list was last published in 2015. [3]

List of individuals

2012 [1] NameCitizenshipSource of wealth 2011 [4]
Rank Net worth
A$  bn
RankNet worth
A$ bn
1Steady2.svg29.17 Increase2.svg Gina Rinehart Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Hancock Prospecting; investment1Increase2.svg10.31 Increase2.svg
2Steady2.svg7.40 Decrease2.svg Ivan Glasenberg Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [5]
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland [6]
Glencore commodities trading 2Increase2.svg8.80 Increase2.svg
3Increase2.svg6.47 Increase2.svg Frank Lowy AC Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Westfield; property (shopping centres)6Decrease2.svg4.98 Decrease2.svg
4Decrease2.svg5.89 Decrease2.svg Andrew Forrest Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Fortescue Metals Group 3Increase2.svg6.18 Increase2.svg
5Decrease2.svg5.45 Increase2.svg Anthony Pratt Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Visy Industries; Pratt Industries4Decrease2.svg5.18 Increase2.svg
6Increase2.svg5.21 Increase2.svg James Packer Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Crown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings 8Decrease2.svg4.16 Steady2.svg
7Steady2.svg4.85 Increase2.svg Harry Triguboff AO Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Meriton Apartments 7Decrease2.svg4.30 Increase2.svg
8Decrease2.svg3.85 Decrease2.svg Clive Palmer Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Mineralogy and other mining interests; hospitality5Increase2.svg5.05 Increase2.svg
9Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
10Decrease2.svg3.35 Decrease2.svg John Gandel AO Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Property (shopping centres)9Decrease2.svg3.45 Increase2.svg
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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

2012 [2] NameCitizenshipSource of wealth 2011 [4]
Rank Net worth
A$  bn
RankNet worth
A$ bn
1Steady2.svg2.63 Decrease2.svg Smorgon family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Investment12.69 Increase2.svg
2Steady2.svg2.20 Decrease2.svg Liberman family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Investment22.23 Decrease2.svg
3Steady2.svg2.15 Increase2.svg Besen family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Property; retail32.08 Increase2.svg
n/a2.01 Decrease2.svg Buckeridge family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Manufacturing (building materials); constructionn/a2.60 Increase2.svg
5Decrease2.svg1.94 Decrease2.svg Myer family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Retail; property; investment42.01 Increase2.svg
6Steady2.svg1.75 Increase2.svg Roberts family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Investment; property61.35 Increase2.svg
7Increase2.svg1.44 Decrease2.svg Wilson family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Retail (plumbing)n/anot listed
8Decrease2.svg1.29 Decrease2.svg Talbot family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Resources51.42 Increase2.svg
9Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
10Decrease2.svg1.09 Decrease2.svg Salteri family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Tenix; infrastructure investment (roads and services)71.18 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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References

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