# Financial Review Rich List 2019

The Financial Review Rich List 2019 is the 36th annual survey of the 200 wealthiest people resident in Australia, published by The Australian Financial Review on 31 May 2019.
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. 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. 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. The list included seventeen debutants.

## List of individuals

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