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Forbes list of Australia's 50 richest people 2017

This article is about the Forbes list of Australia's 50 richest people published in 2017. For general information about the list, see Forbes list of Australia's 50 richest people.

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 in January 2017.[1]

The net worth of the wealthiest individual, Gina Rinehart, was estimated to be US$14.80 billion.

List of individuals edit

2017[1][2][3][4] Name Citizenship Source of wealth 2016[5]
Rank Net worth
US$ bn 		Rank Net worth
US$ bn
1   14.80   Gina Rinehart   Australia Hancock Prospecting; investment 2   8.50  
2   9.90   Harry Triguboff   Australia Meriton Apartments 3   6.90  
3   5.80   Anthony Pratt   Australia Visy Industries; Pratt Industries 5   3.60  
4   5.70   Frank Lowy   Australia Ex-Westfield; property 4   5.00  
5   5.00   Bianca Rinehart, John Hancock,
Ginia Rinehart and Hope Welker		   Australia Resources n/a not listed
6   4.40   Andrew Forrest   Australia Fortescue Metals Group 22   1.24  
7   4.10   John Gandel   Australia Property (shopping centres) 7   3.20  
8   3.70   James Packer   Australia Crown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings 6   3.50  
9   3.50   Lindsay Fox   Australia Linfox 8   2.80  
10   3.40   Mike Cannon-Brookes   Australia Atlassian 14   1.78  
Scott Farquhar   Australia 15   1.75  
12   Fiona Geminder   Australia Manufacturing; investment 12   1.83  
13   Alan Wilson and family   Australia Reece Group; retail 16   1.60  
14   2.60   Kerry Stokes   Australia Property; Seven West Media; resources 27   1.00  
15   Stan Perron   Australia Property 17   1.54  
16   Lang Walker   Australia Walker Corporation (property) 26   1.02  
17   Sir Michael Hintze   Australia
  United Kingdom		 Retail; investment 13   1.80  
18   Heloise Waislitz   Australia Manufacturing; investment 20   1.30  
19   David Hains   Australia Investment 10   1.90  
20   Maurice Alter   Australia Property (shopping centres) 24   1.10  
21   Tony and Ron Perich   Australia Investment 32   0.77  
22   Jack Cowin   Australia Competitive Foods Australia; investment 18   1.50  
23   1.70   Angela Bennett   Australia Resources 29   0.93  
24   Kerr Neilson   Australia Financial services 11   1.85  
25   Gerry Harvey   Australia Harvey Norman; retail 19   1.35  
26   Judith Neilson   Australia Investment 37   0.72  
27   1.40   Manny Stul   Australia Retail; toys n/a not listed
28   Bob Ell   Australia Property development 23   1.20  
29   David Teoh   Australia Telecommunications 9   1.95  
30   Solomon Lew   Australia Premier Investments; retail 30   0.92  
31   John van Lieshout   Australia Real estate 28   0.97  
32   Richard White   Australia WiseTech Global n/a not listed
33   Brett Blundy   Australia Retail; agribusiness 42   0.645  
Sam Tarascio   Australia Real estate 36   0.735  
Gretel Packer   Australia Crown Resorts; investment 49   0.51  
Nigel Austin   Australia Cotton On Group; retail 47   0.565  
Alan Rydge   Australia Rydges Hotels & Resorts 21   1.27  
Maha Sinnathamby   Australia Real estate 41   0.65  
Paul Little   Australia Logistics; real estate 31   0.83  
Chris Wallin   Australia Mining n/a not listed
Len Ainsworth   Australia Gaming; manufacturing 33   0.76  
Bruce Mathieson   Australia Hotels 43   0.64  
Con Makris   Australia Real estate 38   0.70  
Russ Withers and family of the late Beverley Barlow   Australia 7-Eleven Australia 25   1.10  
Ralph Sarich   Australia Real estate 40   0.66  
Richard Smith   Australia Food distribution 44   0.615  
John Kahlbetzer   Australia Agriculture 35   0.74  
Christopher Morris   Australia Software; hospitality 48   0.55  
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See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Australia's Richest 2017: Country's Wealthiest Continue Mining For Dollars". Forbes Asia. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Gina Rinehart tops Forbes Australia Rich List with $21.5b". The Sydney Morning Herald. AAP. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  3. ^ Froelicher, Christian (23 January 2018). "Rich and counting: Australia's 33 billionaires". SBS World News. Australia. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Nocookies". The Australian. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Gina Rinehart Loses Her No. 1 Spot". Forbes Asia. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
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