Leslie Alan Wilson

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Leslie Alan Wilson
Born1941or1942(age 83–84) [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
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Steady2.svgHas not changed from the previous year
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References

  1. 1 2 "Stocks". Bloomberg News . 7 October 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "The World's Billionaires: John, Leslie Alan & Bruce Wilson". Forbes. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  3. Sturrock, Ben. "Gallery of Achievement". Old Camberwell Grammarians Association (OCGA). Camberwell Grammar School.
  4. 1 2 Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (26 May 2023). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review . Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  5. 1 2 "2019 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. January 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  6. "Rich 50 Families 2012". BRW. Australia. 24 May 2012. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  7. "Rich Families 2013". BRW. Australia. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  8. "Rich Families List 2014". BRW. Australia. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  9. "Rich Families List 2015". BRW. Australia. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  10. Stensholt, John (25 May 2018). "2018 AFR Rich List: Who are Australia's richest people?". The Australian Financial Review. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  11. Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  12. 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.
  13. Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (27 May 2021). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review . Retrieved 28 May 2021.