John Van Lieshout

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John Van Lieshout (born 1946) is an Australian billionaire, the founder and former owner of the Amart Furniture store chain.[1]

John Van Lieshout
Born1946 (age 77–78)
NationalityAustralian
OccupationProperty developer
Children3

Early life edit

Born in the Netherlands in 1946,[2] Van Lieshout is one of 13 children of Karel Van Lieshout, a plasterer, and his wife, Anna, who emigrated to Australia in 1960, initially processed at Brisbane's Wacol Migrant Camp.[3]

Van Lieshout has a high school diploma.[1]

Career edit

Van Lieshout is the founder and former owner of the Super A-Mart furniture store chain.[1] He sold Super A-Mart in 2006 for A$500 million, and moved into property development.[4] Through his Unison Projects Group, he has acquired 600 housing blocks and 200 townhouses in the Brisbane area.[4]

Other members of the family have founded businesses, and the family is known in Australia as the "kings and queens of furniture", having founded chains including Empire Office Furniture, Super A-Mart, BW Coles, Chevron and the Woolstore.[3]

Personal life edit

Van Lieshout is married with three children and lives in Brisbane, Queensland.[1]

Net worth edit

In 2014, Queensland's Sunday Mail named Van Lieshout as the richest person in Queensland, by net worth.[5]

Year Financial Review
Rich List
Forbes
Australia's 50 Richest
Rank Net worth (A$) Rank Net worth (US$)
2016[6] 28   $970 million  
2017[7][8][9] $1.72 billion
2018[10] 33   $1.92 billion  
2019[11][12] 29   $2.51 billion   31   $1.40 billion  
2020[13] 45   $2.03 billion  
2021[14] 43   $2.49 billion  
2022 41   $2.70 billion  
2023[15] 41   $2.72 billion  
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References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "John Van Lieshout". Forbes.com. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  2. ^ "John Andrew van Lieshout | Wealth-X". Ledburyresearch.com. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Sitting Pretty: Van Lieshout family builds furniture empire". Courier-Mail. Queensland.
  4. ^ a b "John Van Lieshout's house and land foray paying off". The Australian. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  5. ^ Passmore, Daryl (13 September 2014). "The Sunday Mail Queensland's Top 150 Rich List: John Van Lieshout is new No. 1". The Sunday Mail. Queensland. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Gina Rinehart Loses Her No. 1 Spot". Forbes Asia. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  7. ^ Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2017). "Financial Review Rich List 2017". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  8. ^ Mayne, Stephen (26 May 2017). "Mayne's take: The top 25 Australian billionaires, as claimed by Fairfax". Crikey. Private Media. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Australia's Richest 2017: Country's Wealthiest Continue Mining For Dollars". Forbes Asia. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  10. ^ Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2018). "2018 AFR Rich List: Who are Australia's richest people?". The Australian Financial Review. 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. ^ "2019 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. January 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (27 May 2021). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  15. ^ Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (26 May 2023). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 6 June 2023.