Gretel Packer

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Gretel Packer
AM
BornAugust 1965 (age 59)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupations
Known for Packer family
Spouses
  • Nick Barham
    ​
    (div. 1999)​
    [1]
  • Shane Murray
    ​
    ​
    (m. 2005;div. 2007)​
    [2]
Children3 [1]
Parents
Relatives

Gretel Lees Packer AM (born August 1965 [3] ) is an Australian billionaire investor and philanthropist. [4]

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Early life and career

Packer is the daughter of Kerry Packer AC , a media mogul, and his wife, Roslyn Packer AC . She is the granddaughter of Sir Frank Packer. Following the death of her father and an estimated A$1.2  billion settlement [3] in 2015 with her brother, James, she inherited investments in Crown Resorts, and other companies. [5]

Her philanthropic interests include a broad range of community activities and charities aligned to the arts, education, and environmental science. Packer is Vice-President of the Board of Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, [6] Chair of the Advisory Board of Crown Resorts Foundation, Chair of the Packer Family Foundation, Chair of The Sydney Theatre Company Foundation, and a Founding Patron of the Taronga Zoo Conservation Science Initiative and a Founding Governor of the Taronga Zoo Foundation. She has previously served as a Director of the Royal Hospital for Women Foundation and as a Council Member of the Royal Botanic Gardens Foundation. [7] [8] [9]

Personal life

Packer had two children to her first husband, Nick Barham, whom she divorced in 1999; [1] and one child to her second husband, Shane Murray, whom she married in late 2005 and divorced in 2007. [2]

Net worth

As of May 2023, Packer's net worth was assessed as A$2.09  billion by the Financial Review Rich List . [10] Forbes Asia magazine assessed Packer's net worth at US$1.6 billion in January 2019. [11]

Year Financial Review
Rich List 		Forbes
Australia's 50 Richest
Rank Net worth (A$)Rank Net worth (US$)
2017 [12] [13] [14]
2018 [15] 61Increase2.svg$1.26 billion Increase2.svg
2019 [16] [11] 80Decrease2.svg$1.16 billion Decrease2.svg26Decrease2.svg$1.60 billion
2020 [17] 56Increase2.svg$1.77 billion Increase2.svg
2021 [18] 50Increase2.svg$2.30 billion Increase2.svg
202256Increase2.svg$2.00 billion Increase2.svg
2023 [10] 61Decrease2.svg$2.09 billion Increase2.svg
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

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sharp, Annette (10 August 2013). "Gretel Packer steps out with her boys". Daily Telegraph . Australia. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Baby boy for Gretel Packer". The Sydney Morning Herald. AAP. 29 January 2006. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
  3. 1 2 Hornery, Andrew (5 June 2020). "Gretel Packer packs artistic punch with philanthropic ways". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  4. ↑ Albert, Jane (2 May 2019). "The 5 wealthy women who championed Sydney Modern". The Australian Financial Review . Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  5. ↑ Kitney, Damon (12 October 2018). "The ties that bind" . The Australian . Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "Gretel Packer". Forbes. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  7. ↑ "Art Gallery of NSW Board of Trustees". About us. Art Gallery of New South Wales. n.d. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  8. ↑ "Revealed: an art gallery like no other". archive.is. 27 January 2025. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  9. ↑ Hornery, Andrew (5 June 2020). "Gretel Packer packs artistic punch with philanthropic ways". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  10. 1 2 Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (26 May 2023). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review . Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  11. 1 2 "2019 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. January 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  12. ↑ Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2017). "Financial Review Rich List 2017". The Australian Financial Review . Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  13. ↑ Mayne, Stephen (26 May 2017). "Mayne's take: The top 25 Australian billionaires, as claimed by Fairfax". Crikey . Private Media. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  14. ↑ "Australia's Richest 2017: Country's Wealthiest Continue Mining For Dollars". Forbes Asia. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  15. ↑ Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2018). "2018 AFR Rich List: Who are Australia's richest people?". The Australian Financial Review . Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  16. ↑ Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review . Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  17. ↑ Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (30 October 2020). "The full list: Australia's wealthiest 200 revealed" . The Australian Financial Review . Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  18. ↑ Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (27 May 2021). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review . Retrieved 28 May 2021.
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