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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$2.63 billion. [2] The Smorgon families headed the families list in every year of its publication. The families list was last published in 2015. [3]
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2012 [1] | Name | Citizenship | Source of wealth | 2011 [4] | ||
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Rank | Net worth A$ bn | Rank | Net worth A$ bn | |||
1 | 29.17 | Gina Rinehart | Australia | Hancock Prospecting; investment | 1 | 10.31 |
2 | 7.40 | Ivan Glasenberg | Australia [5] South Africa Switzerland [6] | Glencore commodities trading | 2 | 8.80 |
3 | 6.47 | Frank Lowy AC | Australia | Westfield; property (shopping centres) | 6 | 4.98 |
4 | 5.89 | Andrew Forrest | Australia | Fortescue Metals Group | 3 | 6.18 |
5 | 5.45 | Anthony Pratt | Australia | Visy Industries; Pratt Industries | 4 | 5.18 |
6 | 5.21 | James Packer | Australia | Crown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings | 8 | 4.16 |
7 | 4.85 | Harry Triguboff AO | Australia | Meriton Apartments | 7 | 4.30 |
8 | 3.85 | Clive Palmer | Australia | Mineralogy and other mining interests; hospitality | 5 | 5.05 |
9 | Australia | |||||
10 | 3.35 | John Gandel AO | Australia | Property (shopping centres) | 9 | 3.45 |
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2012 [2] | Name | Citizenship | Source of wealth | 2011 [4] | ||
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Rank | Net worth A$ bn | Rank | Net worth A$ bn | |||
1 | 2.63 | Smorgon family | Australia | Investment | 1 | 2.69 |
2 | 2.20 | Liberman family | Australia | Investment | 2 | 2.23 |
3 | 2.15 | Besen family | Australia | Property; retail | 3 | 2.08 |
n/a | 2.01 | Buckeridge family | Australia | Manufacturing (building materials); construction | n/a | 2.60 |
5 | 1.94 | Myer family | Australia | Retail; property; investment | 4 | 2.01 |
6 | 1.75 | Roberts family | Australia | Investment; property | 6 | 1.35 |
7 | 1.44 | Wilson family | Australia | Retail (plumbing) | n/a | not listed |
8 | 1.29 | Talbot family | Australia | Resources | 5 | 1.42 |
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10 | 1.09 | Salteri family | Australia | Tenix; infrastructure investment (roads and services) | 7 | 1.18 |
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