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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]

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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] NameCitizenshipSource of wealth 2014 [4]
Rank Net worth
A$  bn 		RankNet worth
A$ bn
1Steady2.svg14.02 Decrease2.svg Gina Rinehart Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Hancock Prospecting; investment1Steady2.svg20.01 Decrease2.svg
2Steady2.svg10.76 Increase2.svg Anthony Pratt Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Visy Industries; Pratt Industries2Increase2.svg7.64 Increase2.svg
3Increase2.svg10.23 Increase2.svg Harry Triguboff AO Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Meriton Apartments 8Decrease2.svg5.50 Increase2.svg
4Steady2.svg7.84 Increase2.svg Frank Lowy AC Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Westfield; property (shopping centres)4Decrease2.svg7.16 Increase2.svg
5Increase2.svg6.89 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 [5] 		Shimao Property 6Increase2.svg6.35 Increase2.svg
6Increase2.svg6.14 Decrease2.svg Ivan Glasenberg Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [6]
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland [7] 		Glencore commodities trading 5Steady2.svg6.63 Increase2.svg
7Decrease2.svg6.08 Decrease2.svg James Packer Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Crown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings 3Steady2.svg7.19 Increase2.svg
8Decrease2.svg4.40 Increase2.svg John Gandel AO Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Property (shopping centres)9Decrease2.svg4.08 Increase2.svg
9Decrease2.svg2.83 Decrease2.svg Andrew Forrest Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Fortescue Metals Group 7Increase2.svg5.86 Increase2.svg
10Increase2.svg2.65 Decrease2.svg Stan Perron AM Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Property11Increase2.svg2.73 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

2015 [3] NameCitizenshipSource of wealth 2014 [8]
Rank Net worth
A$  bn 		RankNet worth
A$ bn
1Steady2.svg2.74 Decrease2.svg Smorgon family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Investment1Steady2.svg2.77 Increase2.svg
2Increase2.svg2.60 Increase2.svg Wilson family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Retail (plumbing)3Increase2.svg2.34 Increase2.svg
3Decrease2.svg2.53 Increase2.svg Liberman family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Investment2Steady2.svg2.45 Increase2.svg
4Increase2.svg2.46 Increase2.svg Buckeridge family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Manufacturing (building materials); construction5Steady2.svg2.19 Steady2.svg
5Decrease2.svg2.41 Increase2.svg Besen family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Property; retail4Decrease2.svg2.29 Increase2.svg
6Steady2.svg2.08 Increase2.svg Myer family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Retail; property; investment6Decrease2.svg2.05 Increase2.svg
7Steady2.svg1.89 Increase2.svg Roberts family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Investment; property7Increase2.svg1.86 Increase2.svg
8Increase2.svg1.25 Increase2.svg Barro family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Building services12Increase2.svg1.08 Increase2.svg
9Steady2.svg1.20 Decrease2.svg Salteri family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Tenix; infrastructure investment (roads and services)9Steady2.svg1.26 Increase2.svg
10Steady2.svg1.17 Decrease2.svg Talbot family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Resources10Decrease2.svg1.18 Decrease2.svg
10Increase2.svg2.74 Decrease2.svg Tieck family Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Investment; property11Decrease2.svg1.13 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

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References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 "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. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  6. ↑ Wen, Philip (26 May 2011). "Mystery billionaire emerges from corporate shadows". Executive Style. Australia. 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.
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