| (formerly known as the BRW Rich 200) | |
|---|---|
| List of 200 Australians, ranked in order of net worth | |
| Publication details | |
| Publisher | Nine Publishing |
| Publication | Financial Review |
| First published | 1984 (as BRW Rich 100) |
| Latest publication | 26 May 2023 |
| Current list details (2023) [1] | |
| Wealthiest Australian | Gina Rinehart |
| Net worth (1st) |  A$37.41 billion |
| Entry point (200th) | A$690 million |
| Total list net worth value | A$563 billion |
| Average net worth | A$2.40 billion |
| Gender bias |
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| AFR Rich List website | |
The Financial Review Rich List, [2] [3] formerly known as the BRW Rich 200, is a list of Australia's two hundred wealthiest individuals and families, ranked by personal net worth published annually in The Australian Financial Review Magazine, a supplement of The Australian Financial Review , published by Nine Publishing. The list provides a short summary on some of the known business activities of the individuals and families, together with commentary on how their ranking has changed from the previous year, if listed.
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The list was historically released annually in May or June in a special issue of the Business Review Weekly (BRW), published by Fairfax Media. The final hardcopy issue of BRW was published in November 2013, and between 2014 and March 2016, the list was published online only. In March 2016 the BRW Rich 200 was published in hardcopy in The Australian Financial Review Magazine (or AFR Magazine), and published online on the Financial Review website. [4] In 2017, the list was renamed as the Financial Review Rich List, published in both print and online. The most recent list was published in May 2023.
In 2023, the entry mark for the 200th richest individual was A$690 million – an increase of A$100 million on the 2021 entry mark. [5] [6] The wealthiest individual in the 2023 list was Gina Rinehart, estimated to have a personal net worth of A$37.41 billion. [1] Rinehart held the mantle of Australia's wealthiest individual between 2011 and 2015; and was also the wealthiest individual in every year since 2020, when her net worth was assessed at A$28.89 bn. [6] [7] [8] Rinehart succeeded Anthony Pratt and family, who held the mantle of Australia's wealthiest individual between 2017 and 2019, and also in 2009. Pratt succeeded Harry Triguboff who topped the list in 2016, when it was estimated he had a personal net worth of A$10.62 billion. [9]
Nine individuals and/or families have made every list; including Maurice Alter, Lindsay Fox, John Gandel, John Kahlbetzer, Solomon Lew, Frank Lowy, Alan Rydge, Kerry Stokes, and Harry Triguboff. [5] [6] [2] [3] [10] [11]
In 2014 fourteen women and 186 men made the BRW Rich 200 list; [12] [13] [14] and by 2017 the number of women had increased to fifteen women; [2] increased to nineteen women (either jointly or severally) in the list published in 2018; [11] in 2019, twenty-six women were included on the 2019 Rich List, representing 13 percent of the total list; [10] in 2020, the number of women included on the list, either jointly or severally, increased to 30 women; [6] and increased again to 39 women on the 2021 list; representing 19.5 percent of the total list. [5] It 2023, the number of women decreased to 36, the first decrease in many years. [1]
