Financial Review Rich List 2019
The Financial Review Rich List 2019 is the 36th[note a] annual survey of the 200 wealthiest people resident in Australia, published by theAustralian Financial Review on 31 May 2019.[1]
The net worth of the wealthiest individual, Anthony Pratt, was A$15.77 billion; while the net worth of the 200th wealthiest individual, Patricia Ilhan, was A$472 million; up from A$387 million in 2018.[2] The combined wealth of the 200 individuals was calculated as A$342 billion; compared with a combined wealth of A$6.4 billion in 1984 when the BRW Rich 200 commenced.[3] Twenty-six women were included on the 2019 Rich List, representing 13 percent of the list; up from seventeen in 2018, or 8.5 percent.[3] The list included seventeen debutants.[2]
List of individuals
| 2019[1] | Name | Citizenship | Source of wealth | 2018[4] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Net worth A$ bn  | 
Rank | Net worth A$ bn  | |||
| 1  | 
15.77  | 
Anthony Pratt | Visy; Pratt Industries | 1  | 
12.90  | |
| 2  | 
13.81  | 
Gina Rinehart | Hancock Prospecting; investment | 3  | 
12.68  | |
| 3  | 
13.54  | 
Harry Triguboff AO | Meriton Apartments | 2  | 
12.77  | |
| 4  | 
10.39  | 
Hui Wing Mau | Shimao Property | 4  | 
9.09  | |
| 5  | 
9.75  | 
Scott Farquhar | Atlassian | 11  | 
5.16  | |
| 6  | 
9.63  | 
Mike Cannon-Brookes | 12  | 
5.16  | ||
| 7  | 
8.57  | 
Sir Frank Lowy AC | ex-Westfield; property (shopping centres) | 5  | 
8.42  | |
| 8  | 
7.99  | 
Andrew Forrest AO | Fortescue | 8  | 
6.10  | |
| 9  | 
7.17  | 
Ivan Glasenberg | Glencore commodities trading | 6  | 
8.32  | |
| 10  | 
6.60  | 
John Gandel AC | Property (shopping centres) | 7  | 
6.45  | |
| 11  | 
5.69  | 
Kerry Stokes AC | Property; Seven West Media; resources | 13  | 
4.93  | |
| 12  | 
5.50  | 
Vivek Chaand Sehgal | Motherson Sumi Systems | 9  | 
5.88  | |
| 13  | 
4.94  | 
James Packer | Crown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings | 10  | 
5.50  | |
| 14  | 
4.67  | 
Lang Walker | Walker Corporation (property) | 18  | 
3.47  | |
| 15  | 
4.09  | 
Clive Palmer | Mineralogy and other mining interests; hospitality | 20  | 
2.84  | |
| 16  | 
4.07  | 
Alan Wilson and family | Reece Group | 16  | 
3.87  | |
| 17  | 
4.01  | 
Len Ainsworth AM | Gaming; manufacturing | 14  | 
4.02  | |
| 18  | 
3.62  | 
Lachlan Murdoch | Media | n/a | not listed | |
| 19  | 
3.61  | 
Bianca Rinehart | Resources | 19  | 
3.28  | |
| 20  | 
3.31  | 
Richard White | Technology | 44 | 1.66  | |
| 21  | 
3.31  | 
Lindsay Fox AC | Linfox; property | 17  | 
3.56  | |
| 22  | 
3.10  | 
Prudence MacLeod | News Corporation and Times Newspapers | n/a | not listed | |
| 23  | 
2.90  | 
David Hains | Investment | 21  | 
2.69  | |
| 24  | 
2.83  | 
Solomon Lew | Premier Investments; retail | 23  | 
2.55  | |
| 25  | 
2.79  | 
Jack Cowin | Competitive Foods Australia; investment | 24  | 
2.41  | |
| 26  | 
2.72  | 
Sir Michael Hintze GCSG, AM | Retail; investment | 22  | 
2.43  | |
| 27  | 
2.68  | 
Nigel Austin | Cotton On Group; retail | 32 | 1.96  | |
| 28  | 
2.62  | 
Angela Bennett | Mining | 27  | 
2.17  | |
| 29  | 
2.51  | 
John Van Lieshout | Retail | 33 | 1.92  | |
| 30  | 
2.72  | 
Tim Roberts | Ex-Multiplex; investment | 73 | 1.09  | |
| 31  | 
2.38  | 
Alexandra Burt and Leonie Baldock | Resources | 30 | 2.08  | |
| 32  | 
2.37  | 
Betty Klimenko, Monica Weinberg-Saunders and family | Property | n/a | not listed | |
| 33  | 
2.34  | 
Michael Hodgson | Property | n/a | not listed | |
| 34  | 
2.34  | 
Marc Besen and family | Retail | 25  | 
2.40  | |
| 35  | 
2.33  | 
Maurice Alter and family | Retail | 26  | 
2.26  | |
| 36  | 
2.05  | 
Tony Perich and family | Agriculture; property | 37 | 1.76  | |
| 37  | 
2.05  | 
Ye Lipei | Property | 29 | 2.12  | |
| 38  | 
2.03  | 
David and Vicky Teoh | Telecommunications | 38 | 1.76  | |
| 39  | 
2.00  | 
Brett Blundy | Retail; property; agriculture | 41 | 1.71  | |
| 40  | 
1.90  | 
Gerry Harvey | Harvey Norman Holdings | 28  | 
2.12  | |
| 41  | 
1.88  | 
Sam and Andrew Buckeridge and family | Buckeridge Group of Companies | n/a | not listed | |
| 42  | 
1.88  | 
Chris Wallin | Resources | 34 | 1.79  | |
| 43  | 
1.86  | 
Terry Snow AM | Capital Airport Group; property | 52 | 1.46  | |
| 44  | 
1.84  | 
Bob Ell | Property | 48 | 1.56  | |
| 45  | 
1.77  | 
Paul Little AO | Toll Holdings | 50 | 1.54  | |
| 46  | 
1.72  | 
Sam Tarascio | Property | 51 | 1.54  | |
| 47  | 
1.70  | 
John Kahlbetzer | Agriculture | 42 | 1.70  | |
| 48  | 
1.69  | 
Huang Bingwen and family | Manufacturing | 43  | 
1.66  | |
| 49  | 
1.65  | 
Raymond Barro and family | Construction | n/a | not listed | |
| 50  | 
1.61  | 
Morry Fraid, Zac Freid and family | Retail; property | 46 | 1.61  | |
| 51  | 
1.60  | 
Manny Stul and family | Moose Toys; retail | 40 | 1.73  | |
| 52  | 
1.58  | 
Alan Rydge | Rydges Hotels & Resorts; Event Cinemas | 49  | 
1.56  | |
| 53  | 
1.58  | 
Jonathan Munz and family | Manufacturing | 62 | 1.24  | |
| 54  | 
1.57  | 
Paul Salteri AM and family | Investment | 57 | 1.28  | |
| 55  | 
1.55  | 
John Casella and family | Agriculture | n/a | not listed | |
| 56  | 
1.56  | 
Alex Waislitz | Investment | 54 | 1.39  | |
| 57  | 
1.55  | 
Michael Heine and family | Financial services | 58  | 
1.27  | |
| 58  | 
1.55  | 
Chau Chak Wing | Property; investments | 45 | 1.63  | |
| 59  | 
1.49  | 
Yasser, Samer, and Khalil Shahin and family | Retail | n/a | not listed | |
| 60  | 
1.49  | 
Kerr Neilson | Financial services | 35 | 1.78  | |
| 61  | 
1.43  | 
Greg Goodman and family | Goodman Group; property | 70 | 1.15  | |
| 62  | 
1.42  | 
Bill Roche and Imelda Roche AO | Retail | 146 | 0.566  | |
| 63  | 
1.40  | 
Brian Flannery | Resources | 56 | 1.33  | |
| 64  | 
1.39  | 
Chris Thomas | Agriculture | 65 | 1.20  | |
| 65  | 
1.35  | 
Judith Neilson | Investment | 36 | 1.77  | |
| 66  | 
1.34  | 
Nechama Werdiger and family | Property | 87 | 0.859  | |
| 67  | 
1.33  | 
Russell Withers and family | Retail | 59 | 1.27  | |
| 68  | 
1.32  | 
Bruce Mathieson | Gaming; investments | 66 | 1.18  | |
| 69  | 
1.32  | 
Con Makris and family | Property | 60 | 1.26  | |
| 70  | 
1.31  | 
Paul Lederer | Ex-Primo smallgoods; investment | 71 | 1.14  | |
| 71  | 
1.30  | 
Robert Millner and family | Soul Patts; investment | 69  | 
1.16  | |
| 72  | 
1.27  | 
Maha Sinnathamby | Residential property | 64 | 1.21  | |
| 73  | 
1.24  | 
Sam Chong | Resources; hotels | 92 | 0.817  | |
| 74  | 
1.23  | 
Nick Politis AM | Retail; property | 55 | 1.35  | |
| 75  | 
1.21  | 
Peter, Andrew and Lex Greensill | Financial services; agriculture | n/a | not listed | |
| 76  | 
1.20  | 
Ralph Sarich AO | Investment; property | 63 | 1.23  | |
| 77  | 
1.19  | 
Peter Gunn | Logistics; investment; property | 67 | 1.17  | |
| 78  | 
1.18  | 
Jamuna Gurung and Shesh Ghale | Melbourne Institute of Technology | 81 | 0.647  | |
| 79  | 
1.17  | 
Bob Ingham AO | Ex-Inghams Enterprises | 68 | 1.16  | |
| 80  | 
1.16  | 
Gretel Packer | Crown Resorts; investment | 61 | 1.26  | |
| 81  | 
1.14  | 
Jeff Chapman | Financial services | 72 | 1.13  | |
| 82  | 
1.13  | 
Chris Morris | Computershare; financial services | 76 | 1.02  | |
| 83  | 
1.12  | 
Nicholas Paspaley and family | Paspaley Pearls | n/a | not listed | |
| 84 | 1.10  | 
Joseph, Neill, Denis and John Wagner | Construction; mining services | 1.28 | ||
| 85  | 
1.10  | 
Reg and Hazel Rowe | Super Retail Group; property | 75 | 1.14  | |
| 86  | 
1.10  | 
Tim Kentley-Klay | Technology | 143 | 0.58  | |
| 87  | 
1.09  | 
Sandy Oatley and family | Agriculture; property; tourism | 74 | 1.07  | |
| 88  | 
1.06  | 
Justin Hemmes | Hotels; property | 78  | 
0.951  | |
| 89  | 
1.04  | 
Gordon Fu and family | Property | 88 | 0.858  | |
| 90  | 
1.00  | 
Shaun Bonétt | Precision Group; property | 96 | 0.784  | |
| 91  | 
1.00  | 
Richard Smith | Food services | 77 | 0.999  | |
| 92  | 
0.989  | 
Jack Gance | Chemist Warehouse; retail | 93 | 0.813  | |
| 93  | 
0.977  | 
Peter Scanlon and family | Patrick Corporation | 90 | 0.843  | |
| 94  | 
0.974  | 
Cyan and Collis Ta'eed and family | Technology | n/a | not listed | |
| 95   | 
0.973  | 
Ervin and Charlotte Vidor | Property; hotels | 79 | 0.927  | |
| 96  | 
0.966  | 
Laurie Sutton | Retail | 188 | 0.432  | |
| 97  | 
0.960  | 
Mario Verrocchi | Chemist Warehouse | 94 | 0.803  | |
| 98  | 
0.957  | 
Raphael Geminder | Manufacturing | 53 | 0.957  | |
| 99  | 
0.931  | 
Spiros Alysandratos | Travel; property | 83 | 0.869  | |
| 100  | 
0.914  | 
Lloyd Williams | Property; thoroughbreds | 95 | 0.787  | |
| 101  | 
0.905  | 
Christian Beck | Technology | 99 | 0.775  | |
| 102  | 
0.905  | 
Dick Honan | Manildra Group | 179 | 0.475  | |
| 103  | 
0.896  | 
Kie Chie Wong and family | Investor; resources | n/a | not listed | |
| 104  | 
0.890  | 
Chris Mackay | Financial services | 118 | 0.680  | |
| 105  | 
0.885  | 
Patrick Grove | Technology | 89 | 0.850  | |
| 106  | 
0.885  | 
Andrew Roberts | Ex-Multiplex; property | 91 | 0.822  | |
| 107  | 
0.882  | 
Shangjin Lin and family | Property | n/a | not listed | |
| 108  | 
0.871  | 
Joy Chambers-Grundy | Media | n/a | not listed | |
| 109  | 
0.852  | 
Graham Turner | Flight Centre; hotels | 86 | 0.861  | |
| 110  | 
0.851  | 
Marnie Lewis-Millar and Shay Lewis-Thorp | Property | n/a | not listed | |
| 111  | 
0.851  | 
Geoff Harris | Flight Centre; investment | 84 | 0.867  | |
| 112  | 
0.842  | 
Bill James | Retail | 85 | 0.863  | |
| 113  | 
0.834  | 
Rod Spooner and family | Property | n/a | not listed | |
| 114  | 
0.816  | 
John Camilleri and family | Manufacturing; food production | n/a | not listed | |
| 115  | 
0.815  | 
Theo Karedis | Retail; property | 105 | 0.737  | |
| 116  | 
0.814  | 
Dale Elphinstone | Elphinstone Group; mining services | 104 | 0.739  | |
| 117  | 
0.805  | 
Hamish Douglass | Financial services | 135 | 0.617  | |
| 118  | 
0.802  | 
Frank Costa AO and family | Agriculture | 127 | 0.655  | |
| 119  | 
0.798  | 
Jonathan Hallinan | Property | 123 | 0.667  | |
| 120  | 
0.781  | 
Scott Hutchinson and family | Construction | n/a | not listed | |
| 121  | 
0.781  | 
Naomi Milgrom AO | Sussan; Sportsgirl; Suzanne Grae | 133  | 
0.625  | |
| 122  | 
0.772  | 
Larry Kestelman | Dodo Services; telecommunications | 97 | 0.784  | |
| 123  | 
0.771  | 
Allan Myers AC, QC | Investment; agriculture | 102 | 0.749  | |
| 124  | 
0.768  | 
Kevin Seymour and family | Property | 108 | 0.714  | |
| 125  | 
0.767  | 
Harry Stamoulis and family | Manufacturing | 125 | 0.660  | |
| 126  | 
0.765  | 
Andrew Muir | The Good Guys | 109 | 0.708  | |
| 127  | 
0.761  | 
Rod Duke | Briscoe Group | 103 | 0.744  | |
| 128  | 
0.758  | 
Jina Chen and Alex Wu | Healthcare | 100 | 0.756  | |
| 129  | 
0.755  | 
Iris Lustig-Moar and Max Moar | Property | 106 | 0.730  | |
| 130  | 
0.746  | 
Arnold Vitocco | Property | n/a | not listed | |
| 131  | 
0.745  | 
Greg Farrell and family | Federal Group; gaming | n/a | not listed | |
| 132  | 
0.731  | 
Travers Duncan | Resources; property | 110 | 0.706  | |
| 133  | 
0.729  | 
John Richards and family | Waste management | n/a | not listed | |
| 134  | 
0.728  | 
Bruce Gordon | Media | 113 | 
0.702  | |
| 135  | 
0.713  | 
Neil Rae | Ex-Gull Petroleum | n/a | not listed | |
| 136  | 
0.705  | 
Trevor Lee | Agriculture | 130 | 0.646  | |
| 137  | 
0.696  | 
Mick Power | Construction | 115 | 0.689  | |
| 138  | 
0.682  | 
Paul Fudge | Media | 121 | 0.673  | |
| 139  | 
0.679  | 
Jack Bendat AM | Property | 111 | 0.704  | |
| 140  | 
0.677  | 
Robert Magid AM | Property | 168 | 0.513  | |
| 141  | 
0.672  | 
Tim Gurner | Property | 144 | 0.574  | |
| 142  | 
0.672  | 
Ori Allon | Technology | 191 | 0.413  | |
| 143  | 
0.671  | 
Max Beck | Property | 124 | 0.660  | |
| 144  | 
0.670  | 
Kim McKendrick and family | Ex-Godfrey Hirst Carpets | 126 | 0.657  | |
| 145  | 
0.670  | 
John Singleton | Media; investment; property | 161 | 0.534  | |
| 146  | 
0.663  | 
Gordon Martin | Manufacturing | 148 | 0.561  | |
| 147  | 
0.662  | 
Kerry Harmanis | Resources | 128 | 0.654  | |
| 148  | 
0.661  | 
Chris Ellison | Resources | 98 | 0.783  | |
| 149  | 
0.660  | 
Mark Creasy | Resources | 114 | 0.689  | |
| 150  | 
0.656  | 
Garry Rothwell | Property | n/a | not listed | |
| 151  | 
0.655  | 
Andrew and Michael Buxton | Property | 119 | 0.676  | |
| 152  | 
0.655  | 
Terry Peabody | Ex-Transpacific; investment | 131 | 0.638  | |
| 153  | 
0.651  | 
Diane Burger and family | Property | n/a | not listed | |
| 154  | 
0.647  | 
Trevor St Baker | Energy | 180 | 0.472  | |
| 155  | 
0.646  | 
Nick DiMauro | Property | 136 | 0.611  | |
| 156  | 
0.639  | 
Greg Poche | Ex-StarTrack | 129 | 0.651  | |
| 157  | 
0.638  | 
John Symond AM | Ex-Aussie Home Loans | 134 | 0.621  | |
| 158  | 
0.637  | 
Zig Inge and family | Property | 132 | 0.631  | |
| 159  | 
0.623  | 
Ian Malouf | Waste services | n/a | not listed | |
| 160  | 
0.623  | 
Jamie Pherous | Travel services | 141 | 0.586  | |
| 161  | 
0.620  | 
Robert Whyte | Investment | 156 | 0.536  | |
| 162  | 
0.615  | 
Rhonda Wyllie and family | Investment | n/a | not listed | |
| 163  | 
0.605  | 
Leon Kamenev | Ex-Menulog; technology | 138 | 0.589  | |
| 164  | 
0.600  | 
Zeljko Ranogajec | Gaming | n/a | not listed | |
| 165  | 
0.600  | 
George Kepper | Technology; property | 157 | 0.535  | |
| 166  | 
0.598  | 
Sunny Ngai and family | Manufacturing | n/a | not listed | |
| 167  | 
0.596  | 
David Paradice | Financial services | 165 | 0.519  | |
| 168  | 
0.594  | 
Christina and Tony Quinn | Darrell Lea; retail | 139 | 0.588  | |
| 169  | 
0.593  | 
John Higgins | Investment; services | 154 | 0.549  | |
| 170  | 
0.584  | 
Arthur Laundy | Hotels | 170 | 0.506  | |
| 171  | 
0.583  | 
Diana and Rino Grollo | Property | 158 | 0.534  | |
| 172  | 
0.582  | 
Danny Hill | Property | 142 | 0.580  | |
| 173  | 
0.575  | 
Graham Tuckwell | Financial services | 149 | 0.560  | |
| 174  | 
0.574  | 
Grahame Mapp | Investment | 150 | 0.559  | |
| 175  | 
0.567  | 
Paul Blackburne | Property | 152 | 0.553  | |
| 176  | 
0.564  | 
Nigel Satterley | Satterley; property | 155 | 0.546  | |
| 177  | 
0.560  | 
Tony Wales | Ex-Computershare; investment | 167 | 0.519  | |
| 178  | 
0.554  | 
Jerry Schwartz | Hotels | n/a | not listed | |
| 179  | 
0.541  | 
Kevin Maloney | Mining services | 160 | 0.534  | |
| 180  | 
0.540  | 
Tony Poli | Resources; property | 162 | 0.529  | |
| 181  | 
0.538  | 
Owen Kerr | Financial services | 182 | 0.459  | |
| 182  | 
0.530  | 
Stephen Ring and family | Ex-Swisse | n/a | not listed | |
| 183  | 
0.523  | 
Hilton Nathanson | Financial services | 163 | 0.527  | |
| 184  | 
0.520  | 
Seumas Dawes | Financial services | 172 | 0.503  | |
| 185  | 
0.517  | 
Will Vicars | Financial services | 164 | 0.527  | |
| 186  | 
0.514  | 
Anthony Hall | Technology | n/a | not listed | |
| 187  | 
0.512  | 
Andrew Abercrombie | Financial services | 153 | 0.549  | |
| 188  | 
0.506  | 
Peter Hughes and family | Agriculture | 175 | 0.491  | |
| 189  | 
0.503  | 
Michael Boyd | Sonic Healthcare | 169 | 0.511  | |
| 190  | 
0.500  | 
Ian Roberts | Healthcare | 166 | 0.519  | |
| 191  | 
0.491  | 
Peter Cooper | Financial services | 173 | 0.499  | |
| 192  | 
0.491  | 
Greg Coffey | Financial services | 177 | 0.486  | |
| 193  | 
0.489  | 
Neville Bertalli | Retail | n/a | not listed | |
| 194  | 
0.487  | 
Nick Molnar | Afterpay | n/a | not listed | |
| 195  | 
0.487  | 
Anthony Eisen | n/a | not listed | ||
| 196  | 
0.486  | 
Tobias Pearce and Kayla Itsines | Technology | n/a | not listed | |
| 197  | 
0.485  | 
Alan and Irene Messer | Healthcare | n/a | not listed | |
| 198  | 
0.479  | 
Steven Kalmin | Glencore | 151 | 0.479  | |
| 199  | 
0.479  | 
Rod Jones | Navitas Group | 176 | 0.450  | |
| 200  | 
0.472  | 
Patricia Ilhan | Crazy John's | 194 | 0.407  | |
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See also
Notes
^[note a] : By calculation, the 2019 list is the 36th edition published, despite the reference by Nine Entertainment that the list is the 37th edition published.[2]
References
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 - ^ a b c "The Australian Financial Review Rich List Reveals Wealthiest 200". Nine Entertainment. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
 - ^ a b Janda, Michael (31 May 2019). "Australia's wealthiest have become 50 times richer in my lifetime". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
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