Forbes list of Australia's 50 richest people 2019

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The Forbes list of Australia's 50 richest people is the annual survey of the fifty wealthiest people resident in Australia, published by Forbes Asia on 15 January 2019. [1]

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The net worth of the wealthiest individual, Gina Rinehart, was estimated to be US$14.80  billion; while the net worth of the 50th wealthiest individual, Michael Heine, was estimated to be US$750 million.

List of individuals

2019 [1] NameCitizenshipSource of wealth 2018
Rank Net worth
US$  bn
RankNet worth
US$ bn
1Steady2.svg14.80 Decrease2.svg Gina Rinehart Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Hancock Prospecting; investment1Steady2.svg17.40 Increase2.svg
2Steady2.svg9.00 Decrease2.svg Harry Triguboff Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Meriton Apartments
3Steady2.svg6.80 Increase2.svg Anthony Pratt Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Visy Industries; Pratt Industries
4Steady2.svg6.50 Increase2.svg Frank Lowy Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Ex-Westfield; property
5Increase2.svg6.40 Increase2.svg Mike Cannon-Brookes Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Atlassian software tech
Scott Farquhar Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
7Decrease2.svg4.30 Decrease2.svg Andrew Forrest Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Fortescue Metals Group
8Decrease2.svg4.00 Decrease2.svg John Gandel Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Property (shopping centres)
9Decrease2.svg3.60 Decrease2.svg James Packer Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Crown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings
10Decrease2.svg3.50 Steady2.svg Lindsay Fox Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Linfox Transports and logistics
11Decrease2.svg3.10 Decrease2.svg Bianca Rinehart , John Hancock ,
Ginia Rinehart and Hope Welker
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Resources
12Increase2.svg2.90 Decrease2.svg Kerry Stokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Property; Seven West Media; resources
13Increase2.svg2.55 Increase2.svgSir Michael Hintze Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Retail; investment
14Increase2.svg2.50 Decrease2.svg Alan Wilson and familyFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Reece Group; retail
15Increase2.svg2.40 Increase2.svg Lang Walker Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Walker Corporation (property)
16Increase2.svg2.30 Decrease2.svg Fiona Geminder Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Manufacturing; investment
17Increase2.svg2.20 Increase2.svg Richard White Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia WiseTech Global
18Increase2.svg2.10 Increase2.svg Maurice Alter Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Property (shopping centres)
19Steady2.svg1.90 Increase2.svg David Hains Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Investment
20Increase2.svg1.80 Increase2.svg Clive Palmer Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Mineralogy and other mining interests; hospitality
21Decrease2.svg1.76 Increase2.svg Heloise Waislitz Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Manufacturing; investment
22Decrease2.svg1.74 Increase2.svg Tony and Ron Perich Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Investment
23Decrease2.svg1.70 Increase2.svg Jack Cowin Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Competitive Foods Australia; investment
24Decrease2.svg1.65 Decrease2.svg Angela Bennett Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Resources
25Increase2.svg1.62 Increase2.svg David Teoh Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Telecommunications
26Increase2.svg1.60 Increase2.svg Gretel Packer Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Crown Resorts; investment
27Increase2.svg1.50 Increase2.svg Nigel Austin Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Cotton On Group; retail
28Decrease2.svg1.46 Increase2.svg Solomon Lew Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Premier Investments; retail
29Increase2.svg1.44 Increase2.svg Brett Blundy Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Retail; agribusiness
30Increase2.svg1.42 Increase2.svg Bob Ell Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Property development
31Decrease2.svg1.40 Increase2.svg John van Lieshout Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Real estate
32Decrease2.svg1.35 Decrease2.svg Gerry Harvey Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Harvey Norman; retail
33Decrease2.svg1.30 Decrease2.svg Manny Stul Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Retail; toys
34Decrease2.svg1.24 Decrease2.svg Kerr Neilson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Financial services
35Increase2.svg1.22 Increase2.svg Sam Tarascio Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Real estate
36Increase2.svg1.20 Increase2.svg Terry Snow Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Capital Airport Group; property development
37Decrease2.svg1.02 Increase2.svg Judith Neilson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Investment
38Decrease2.svg1.00 Decrease2.svg Alan Rydge Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Rydges Hotels & Resorts
39Increase2.svg0.98 Increase2.svg Maha Sinnathamby Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Real estate
40Decrease2.svg0.95 Increase2.svg Paul Little Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Logistics; real estate
41Increase2.svg0.91 Increase2.svg Chris Wallin Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Mining
42Decrease2.svg0.90 Increase2.svg Len Ainsworth Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Gaming; manufacturing
43Steady2.svg0.87 Increase2.svg Bruce Mathieson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Hotels
44Decrease2.svg0.85 Increase2.svg Con Makris Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Real estate
45Decrease2.svg0.825 Decrease2.svg Russ Withers and family of the late Beverley BarlowFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 7-Eleven Australia
46Decrease2.svg0.81 Increase2.svg Ralph Sarich Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Real estate
47Increase2.svg0.80 Increase2.svg Richard Smith Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Food distribution
48Decrease2.svg0.77 Increase2.svg John Kahlbetzer Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Agriculture
49Increase2.svg0.76 Increase2.svg Christopher Morris Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Software; hospitality
50Increase2.svg0.75 Increase2.svg Michael Heine Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Financial services
Legend
Icon Description
Steady2.svgHas not changed from the previous year
Increase2.svgHas increased from the previous year
Decrease2.svgHas decreased from the previous year

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  1. 1 2 "2019 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. January 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.