Forbes list of Australia's 50 richest people 2019

This article is about the Forbes list of Australia's 50 richest people published in 2019. 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 on 15 January 2019.

The net worth of the wealthiest individual, Gina Rinehart, was estimated to be US$14.80 billion; while the net worth of the 50th wealthiest individual, Michael Heine, was estimated to be US$750 million.

List of individuals

2019		Name	Citizenship	Source of wealth	2018
Rank	Net worth US$ bn				Rank	Net worth US$ bn
1	14.80	Gina Rinehart	Australia	Hancock Prospecting; investment	1	17.40
2	9.00	Harry Triguboff	Australia	Meriton Apartments
3	6.80	Anthony Pratt	Australia	Visy Industries; Pratt Industries
4	6.50	Frank Lowy	Australia	Ex-Westfield; property
5	6.40	Mike Cannon-Brookes	Australia	Atlassian software tech
		Scott Farquhar	Australia
7	4.30	Andrew Forrest	Australia	Fortescue Metals Group
8	4.00	John Gandel	Australia	Property (shopping centres)
9	3.60	James Packer	Australia	Crown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings
10	3.50	Lindsay Fox	Australia	Linfox Transports and logistics
11	3.10	Bianca Rinehart, John Hancock, Ginia Rinehart and Hope Welker	Australia	Resources
12	2.90	Kerry Stokes	Australia	Property; Seven West Media; resources
13	2.55	Sir Michael Hintze	Australia United Kingdom	Retail; investment
14	2.50	Alan Wilson and family	Australia	Reece Group; retail
15	2.40	Lang Walker	Australia	Walker Corporation (property)
16	2.30	Fiona Geminder	Australia	Manufacturing; investment
17	2.20	Richard White	Australia	WiseTech Global
18	2.10	Maurice Alter	Australia	Property (shopping centres)
19	1.90	David Hains	Australia	Investment
20	1.80	Clive Palmer	Australia	Mineralogy and other mining interests; hospitality
21	1.76	Heloise Waislitz	Australia	Manufacturing; investment
22	1.74	Tony and Ron Perich	Australia	Investment
23	1.70	Jack Cowin	Australia	Competitive Foods Australia; investment
24	1.65	Angela Bennett	Australia	Resources
25	1.62	David Teoh	Australia	Telecommunications
26	1.60	Gretel Packer	Australia	Crown Resorts; investment
27	1.50	Nigel Austin	Australia	Cotton On Group; retail
28	1.46	Solomon Lew	Australia	Premier Investments; retail
29	1.44	Brett Blundy	Australia	Retail; agribusiness
30	1.42	Bob Ell	Australia	Property development
31	1.40	John van Lieshout	Australia	Real estate
32	1.35	Gerry Harvey	Australia	Harvey Norman; retail
33	1.30	Manny Stul	Australia	Retail; toys
34	1.24	Kerr Neilson	Australia	Financial services
35	1.22	Sam Tarascio	Australia	Real estate
36	1.20	Terry Snow	Australia	Capital Airport Group; property development
37	1.02	Judith Neilson	Australia	Investment
38	1.00	Alan Rydge	Australia	Rydges Hotels & Resorts
39	0.98	Maha Sinnathamby	Australia	Real estate
40	0.95	Paul Little	Australia	Logistics; real estate
41	0.91	Chris Wallin	Australia	Mining
42	0.90	Len Ainsworth	Australia	Gaming; manufacturing
43	0.87	Bruce Mathieson	Australia	Hotels
44	0.85	Con Makris	Australia	Real estate
45	0.825	Russ Withers and family of the late Beverley Barlow	Australia	7-Eleven Australia
46	0.81	Ralph Sarich	Australia	Real estate
47	0.80	Richard Smith	Australia	Food distribution
48	0.77	John Kahlbetzer	Australia	Agriculture
49	0.76	Christopher Morris	Australia	Software; hospitality
50	0.75	Michael Heine	Australia	Financial services

Legend
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See also

• Financial Review Rich List
• Forbes list of Australia's 50 richest people