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.
 - ^ Stensholt, John (25 May 2018). "2018 AFR Rich List: Who are Australia's richest people?". The Australian Financial Review. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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