Leslie Alan Wilson

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Leslie Alan Wilson
Born1941or1942(age 81–82) [1]
NationalityAustralian
Education Camberwell Grammar School
Occupation(s)Executive chairman, Reece Group
Years active1970-present
ChildrenPeter Wilson

Leslie Alan Wilson (born 1941/42), an Australian billionaire, is the executive chairman of Reece Group, Australia's biggest bathroom and plumbing supplies chain. [2]

Wilson was educated at Camberwell Grammar School, Melbourne, matriculating in 1959. [3]

Wilson was CEO of Reece from 1970 to 2007, and has been executive chairman since 2001. [1] His son Peter is the CEO. [2]

Net worth

As of May 2023, The Australian Financial Review assessed the net worth of the Wilson family as A$6.51  billion on the Financial Review 2023 Rich List. [4] The Wilson family had earlier appeared in the BRW Rich Families List that was published annually between 2008 and 2015. Meanwhile, Forbes Asia assessed Wilson's net worth as US$1.6 billion in 2017; [2] revised to US$2.50 billion in 2019. [5]

Year Financial Review
Rich List
Forbes
Australia's 50 richest
Rank Net worth
A$  bn
RankNet worth
US$ bn
2012 [6] n/a$1.44  billion Decrease2.svg
2013 [7] n/a$1.83 billion Increase2.svg
2014 [8] n/a$2.34 billion Increase2.svg
2015 [9] n/a$2.60 billion Increase2.svg
2016
2017 [2] $1.6 billion
2018 [10] 16$3.87 billion Increase2.svg
2019 [11] [5] 16Steady2.svg$4.07 billion Increase2.svg14Increase2.svg$2.50 billion Decrease2.svg
2020 [12] 12Increase2.svg$4.93 billion Increase2.svg
2021 [13] 11Increase2.svg$7.86 billion Increase2.svg
202214Decrease2.svg$6.60 billion Decrease2.svg
2023 [4] 14Steady2.svg$6.51 billion Decrease2.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

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