The Financial Review Rich List 2019 is the 36th[note a] annual survey of the 200 wealthiest people resident in Australia, published by The Australian 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 Industries; 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 Metals Group | 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 Ltd | 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 | Washington H. Soul Pattinson; 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
- 1 2 Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
 - 1 2 3 "The Australian Financial Review Rich List Reveals Wealthiest 200". Nine Entertainment. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
 - 1 2 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.
 - ↑ Chancellor, Jonathan (22 May 2013). "Billionaire property developer Hui Wing Mau the highest debutant on BRW Rich List". SmartCompany. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
 - ↑ Wen, Philip (26 May 2011). "Mystery billionaire emerges from corporate shadows". Executive Style. Australia. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
 - ↑ Glasenberg, Ivan (5 May 2013). "Letztlich macht es keine Differenz, ob Ihr Vermögen eine Milliarde beträgt oder sechs". SonntagsZeitung (Interview) (in German). Interviewed by Martin Spieler. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
 - ↑ Jukes, Peter (8 August 2012). The Fall of the House of Murdoch: Fourteen Days That Ended a Media Dynasty. London: Unbound (published 2012). ISBN 978-1-908717-43-6.