BRW Rich 200, 2015

This article is about the BRW Rich List published in 2015. For general information about the list, see Financial Review Rich List.

The BRW Rich 200, 2015 is the 32nd annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in Australia, published online by The Australian Financial Review in June 2015. ^[1]

In the 2015 list, the net worth of the wealthiest individual, Gina Rinehart, was A$14.02  billion.

The BRW Rich Families List was published annually between 2008 and 2015. In every year of its publication the Smorgon family headed the list, with estimated wealth of A$2.74 billion in 2015 spread across seven branches of the family. ^[2] In 2015 the list comprised fifty families with an entry point of A$302 million. ^[3] The families list was last published in 2015.

List of individuals

2015 [1]		Name	Citizenship	Source of wealth	2014 [4]
Rank	Net worth A$  bn				Rank	Net worth A$ bn
1	14.02	Gina Rinehart	Australia	Hancock Prospecting; investment	1	20.01
2	10.76	Anthony Pratt	Australia	Visy Industries; Pratt Industries	2	7.64
3	10.23	Harry Triguboff	Australia	Meriton Apartments	8	5.50
4	7.84	Frank Lowy	Australia	Westfield; property (shopping centres)	4	7.16
5	6.89	Hui Wing Mau	China Australia [5]	Shimao Property	6	6.35
6	6.14	Ivan Glasenberg	Australia [6] South Africa Switzerland [7]	Glencore commodities trading	5	6.63
7	6.08	James Packer	Australia	Crown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings	3	7.19
8	4.40	John Gandel	Australia	Property (shopping centres)	9	4.08
9	2.83	Andrew Forrest	Australia	Fortescue Metals Group	7	5.86
10	2.65	Stan Perron	Australia	Property	11	2.73

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List of families

2015 [3]		Family name	Citizenship	Source of wealth	2014 [8]
Rank	Net worth A$  bn				Rank	Net worth A$ bn
1	2.74	Smorgon	Australia	Investment	1	2.77
2	2.60	Wilson	Australia	Retail (plumbing)	3	2.34
3	2.53	Liberman	Australia	Investment	2	2.45
4	2.46	Buckeridge	Australia	Manufacturing; construction	5	2.19
5	2.41	Besen	Australia	Property; retail	4	2.29
6	2.08	Myer	Australia	Retail; property; investment	6	2.05
7	1.89	Roberts	Australia	Investment; property	7	1.86
8	1.25	Barro	Australia	Building services	12	1.08
9	1.20	Salteri	Australia	Tenix; infrastructure investment	9	1.26
10	1.17	Talbot	Australia	Resources	10	1.18

Legend
Icon	Description
	Has not changed from the previous year's list
	Has increased from the previous year's list
	Has decreased from the previous year's list

See also

• Financial Review Rich List
• Forbes Asia list of Australians by net worth

References

1. Stensholt, John, ed. (June 2015). "2015 BRW Rich 200" . BRW. Sydney. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
2. Stensholt, John (7 October 2015). "Poultry to property: how Australia's richest families are making second fortunes". BRW . Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 13 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
3. "Rich Families List 2015". BRW. Australia. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
4. Stensholt, John, ed. (26 June 2014). "2014 BRW Rich 200" . BRW. Sydney. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
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. "Rich Families List 2014". BRW. Australia. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

External links

• "BRW Rich 200" . The Australian Financial Review . 2015.