The BRW Rich 200, 2014 is the 31st annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in Australia, published online by The Australian Financial Review on 26 June 2014.[1]

In the 2014 list, the net worth of the wealthiest individual, Gina Rinehart, was A$14.02 billion. Fourteen women and 186 men made the 2014 list.[2]

The BRW Rich Families List was published annually since 2008. In the 2014 list, the Smorgon family headed the list with estimated wealth of A$2.77 billion.[3] The Smorgon families headed the families list in every year of its publication. The families list was last published in 2015.[4]

List of individuals edit

2014[1] Name Citizenship Source of wealth 2013[5][6]
Rank Net worth
A$ bn
Rank Net worth
A$ bn
1   20.01   Gina Rinehart   Australia Hancock Prospecting; investment 1   22.02  
2   7.64   Anthony Pratt   Australia Visy Industries; Pratt Industries 4   5.95  
3   7.19   James Packer   Australia Crown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings 3   $6.00  
4   7.16   Frank Lowy AC   Australia Westfield; property (shopping centres) 2   6.87  
5   6.63   Ivan Glasenberg   Australia[7]
  South Africa
  Switzerland[8]
Glencore commodities trading 5   5.61  
6   6.35   Hui Wing Mau   People's Republic of China
  Australia[9]
Shimao Property 7   4.82  
7   5.86   Andrew Forrest   Australia Fortescue Metals Group 9   3.66  
8   4.40   John Gandel AO   Australia Property (shopping centres) 8   3.70  
9   4.08   Harry Triguboff AO   Australia Meriton Apartments 6   4.95  
10   3.35   Kerr Neilson   Australia Financial services 13   2.43  
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List of families edit

2014[3] Name Citizenship Source of wealth 2013[10]
Rank Net worth
A$ bn
Rank Net worth
A$ bn
1   2.77   Smorgon family   Australia Investment 1   2.64  
2   2.45   Liberman family   Australia Investment 2   2.10  
3   2.34   Wilson family   Australia Retail (plumbing) 5   1.83  
4   2.29   Besen family   Australia Property; retail 2   2.10  
5   2.19   Buckeridge family   Australia Manufacturing (building materials); construction n/a 2.10  
6   2.05   Myer family   Australia Retail; property; investment 4   2.01  
7   1.86   Roberts family   Australia Investment; property 6   1.82  
8   Australia
9   1.26   Salteri family   Australia Tenix; infrastructure investment (roads and services) 9   1.17  
10   1.18   Talbot family   Australia Resources 8   1.21  
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See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Stensholt, John, ed. (26 June 2014). "2014 BRW Rich 200". BRW. Sydney. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  2. ^ Ferguson, Adele (23 May 2012). "Rinehart world's richest woman: BRW". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Rich Families List 2014". BRW. Australia. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Rich Families List 2015". BRW. Australia. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  5. ^ Stensholt, John, ed. (24 May 2013). "BRW Rich 200 2013 Wealth Index". Business Review Weekly. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  6. ^ Colquhoun, Steve; Heathcote, Andrew (22 May 2013). "Rinehart drops more than Lowy's entire worth". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  7. ^ Wen, Philip (26 May 2011). "Mystery billionaire emerges from corporate shadows". Executive Style. Australia. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  8. ^ Glasenberg, Ivan (5 May 2013). "Letztlich macht es keine Differenz, ob Ihr Vermögen eine Milliarde beträgt oder sechs". SonntagsZeitung (Interview) (in German). Interviewed by Martin Spieler. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  9. ^ Chancellor, Jonathan (22 May 2013). "Billionaire property developer Hui Wing Mau the highest debutant on BRW Rich List". SmartCompany. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  10. ^ "Rich Families 2013". BRW. Australia. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2014.

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