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 Steady15.77 IncreaseAnthony Pratt AustraliaVisy Industries; Pratt Industries1 Steady12.90 Increase
2 Increase13.81 IncreaseGina Rinehart AustraliaHancock Prospecting; investment3 Steady12.68 Increase
3 Decrease13.54 IncreaseHarry Triguboff AO AustraliaMeriton Apartments2 Steady12.77 Increase
4 Steady10.39 IncreaseHui Wing Mau People's Republic of China
 Australia[5]
Shimao Property4 Increase9.09 Increase
5 Increase9.75 IncreaseScott Farquhar AustraliaAtlassian11 Increase5.16 Increase
6 Increase9.63 IncreaseMike Cannon-Brookes Australia12 Increase5.16 Increase
7 Decrease8.57 IncreaseSir Frank Lowy AC Australiaex-Westfield; property (shopping centres)5 Decrease8.42 Increase
8 Steady7.99 IncreaseAndrew Forrest AO AustraliaFortescue Metals Group8 Decrease6.10 Decrease
9 Decrease7.17 DecreaseIvan Glasenberg Australia[6]
 South Africa
  Switzerland[7]
Glencore commodities trading6 Decrease8.32 Increase
10 Decrease6.60 IncreaseJohn Gandel AC AustraliaProperty (shopping centres)7 Steady6.45 Increase
11 Increase5.69 IncreaseKerry Stokes AC AustraliaProperty; Seven West Media; resources13 Increase4.93 Increase
12 Decrease5.50 DecreaseVivek Chaand Sehgal AustraliaMotherson Sumi Systems9 Increase5.88 Increase
13 Decrease4.94 DecreaseJames Packer AustraliaCrown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings10 Decrease5.50 Increase
14 Increase4.67 IncreaseLang Walker AustraliaWalker Corporation (property)18 Decrease3.47 Increase
15 Increase4.09 IncreaseClive Palmer AustraliaMineralogy and other mining interests; hospitality20 Increase2.84 Increase
16 Steady4.07 IncreaseAlan Wilson and family AustraliaReece Group16 Increase3.87 Increase
17 Decrease4.01 DecreaseLen Ainsworth AM AustraliaGaming; manufacturing14 Decrease4.02 Increase
18 Increase3.62 IncreaseLachlan Murdoch United States
 United Kingdom
 Australia[8]
Median/anot listed
19 Increase3.61 IncreaseBianca Rinehart AustraliaResources19 Decrease3.28 Increase
20 Increase3.31 IncreaseRichard White AustraliaTechnology441.66 Increase
21 Decrease3.31 DecreaseLindsay Fox AC AustraliaLinfox; property17 Decrease3.56 Increase
22 Increase3.10 IncreasePrudence MacLeod AustraliaNews Corporation and Times Newspapers Ltdn/anot listed
23 Decrease2.90 IncreaseDavid Hains AustraliaInvestment21 Decrease2.69 Increase
24 Decrease2.83 IncreaseSolomon Lew AustraliaPremier Investments; retail23 Decrease2.55 Increase
25 Decrease2.79 IncreaseJack Cowin AustraliaCompetitive Foods Australia; investment24 Decrease2.41 Increase
26 Decrease2.72 IncreaseSir Michael Hintze GCSG, AM Australia
 United Kingdom
Retail; investment22 Increase2.43 Increase
27 Increase2.68 IncreaseNigel Austin AustraliaCotton On Group; retail321.96 Increase
28 Increase2.62 IncreaseAngela Bennett AustraliaMining27 Increase2.17 Increase
29 Increase2.51 IncreaseJohn Van Lieshout AustraliaRetail331.92 Increase
30 Increase2.72 IncreaseTim Roberts AustraliaEx-Multiplex; investment731.09 Increase
31 Decrease2.38 IncreaseAlexandra Burt and Leonie Baldock AustraliaResources302.08 Increase
32 Increase2.37 IncreaseBetty Klimenko, Monica Weinberg-Saunders and family AustraliaPropertyn/anot listed
33 Increase2.34 IncreaseMichael Hodgson AustraliaPropertyn/anot listed
34 Decrease2.34 DecreaseMarc Besen and family AustraliaRetail25 Decrease2.40 Increase
35 Decrease2.33 IncreaseMaurice Alter and family AustraliaRetail26 Increase2.26 Increase
36 Increase2.05 IncreaseTony Perich and family AustraliaAgriculture; property371.76 Increase
37 Decrease2.05 DecreaseYe Lipei AustraliaProperty292.12 Increase
38 Steady2.03 IncreaseDavid and Vicky Teoh AustraliaTelecommunications381.76 Decrease
39 Increase2.00 IncreaseBrett Blundy AustraliaRetail; property; agriculture411.71 Increase
40 Decrease1.90 DecreaseGerry Harvey AustraliaHarvey Norman Holdings28 Decrease2.12 Decrease
41 Increase1.88 IncreaseSam and Andrew Buckeridge and family AustraliaBuckeridge Group of Companiesn/anot listed
42 Decrease1.88 IncreaseChris Wallin AustraliaResources341.79 Increase
43 Increase1.86 IncreaseTerry Snow AM AustraliaCapital Airport Group; property521.46 Increase
44 Increase1.84 IncreaseBob Ell AustraliaProperty481.56 Increase
45 Increase1.77 IncreasePaul Little AO AustraliaToll Holdings501.54 Increase
46 Increase1.72 IncreaseSam Tarascio AustraliaProperty511.54 Increase
47 Decrease1.70 SteadyJohn Kahlbetzer AustraliaAgriculture421.70 Increase
48 Decrease1.69 IncreaseHuang Bingwen and family AustraliaManufacturing43 Decrease1.66 Decrease
49 Increase1.65 IncreaseRaymond Barro and family AustraliaConstructionn/anot listed
50 Decrease1.61 SteadyMorry Fraid, Zac Freid and family AustraliaRetail; property461.61 Increase
51 Decrease1.60 DecreaseManny Stul and family AustraliaMoose Toys; retail401.73 Increase
52 Decrease1.58 IncreaseAlan Rydge AustraliaRydges Hotels & Resorts; Event Cinemas49 Decrease1.56 Decrease
53 Increase1.58 IncreaseJonathan Munz and family AustraliaManufacturing621.24 Increase
54 Increase1.57 IncreasePaul Salteri AM and family AustraliaInvestment571.28 Increase
55 Increase1.55 IncreaseJohn Casella and family AustraliaAgriculturen/anot listed
56 Decrease1.56 IncreaseAlex Waislitz AustraliaInvestment541.39 Increase
57 Increase1.55 IncreaseMichael Heine and family AustraliaFinancial services58 Increase1.27 Increase
58 Decrease1.55 DecreaseChau Chak Wing AustraliaProperty; investments451.63 Increase
59 Increase1.49 IncreaseYasser, Samer, and Khalil Shahin and family AustraliaRetailn/anot listed
60 Decrease1.49 DecreaseKerr Neilson AustraliaFinancial services351.78 Increase
61 Increase1.43 IncreaseGreg Goodman and family AustraliaGoodman Group; property701.15 Increase
62 Increase1.42 IncreaseBill Roche and Imelda Roche AO AustraliaRetail1460.566 Increase
63 Decrease1.40 IncreaseBrian Flannery AustraliaResources561.33 Increase
64 Increase1.39 IncreaseChris Thomas AustraliaAgriculture651.20 Increase
65 Decrease1.35 DecreaseJudith Neilson AustraliaInvestment361.77 Increase
66 Increase1.34 IncreaseNechama Werdiger and family AustraliaProperty870.859 Increase
67 Decrease1.33 IncreaseRussell Withers and family AustraliaRetail591.27 Increase
68 Decrease1.32 IncreaseBruce Mathieson AustraliaGaming; investments661.18 Increase
69 Decrease1.32 IncreaseCon Makris and family AustraliaProperty601.26 Increase
70 Increase1.31 IncreasePaul Lederer AustraliaEx-Primo smallgoods; investment711.14 Increase
71 Decrease1.30 IncreaseRobert Millner and family AustraliaWashington H. Soul Pattinson; investment69 Increase1.16 Increase
72 Decrease1.27 IncreaseMaha Sinnathamby AustraliaResidential property641.21 Increase
73 Increase1.24 IncreaseSam Chong AustraliaResources; hotels920.817 Increase
74 Decrease1.23 DecreaseNick Politis AM AustraliaRetail; property551.35 Increase
75 Increase1.21 IncreasePeter, Andrew and Lex Greensill AustraliaFinancial services; agriculturen/anot listed
76 Decrease1.20 DecreaseRalph Sarich AO AustraliaInvestment; property631.23 Increase
77 Decrease1.19 IncreasePeter Gunn AustraliaLogistics; investment; property671.17 Increase
78 Increase1.18 IncreaseJamuna Gurung and Shesh Ghale AustraliaMelbourne Institute of Technology810.647 Increase
79 Decrease1.17 IncreaseBob Ingham AO AustraliaEx-Inghams Enterprises681.16 Decrease
80 Decrease1.16 DecreaseGretel Packer AustraliaCrown Resorts; investment611.26 Increase
81 Decrease1.14 IncreaseJeff Chapman AustraliaFinancial services721.13 Increase
82 Decrease1.13 IncreaseChris Morris AustraliaComputershare; financial services761.02 Increase
83 Increase1.12 IncreaseNicholas Paspaley and family AustraliaPaspaley Pearlsn/anot listed
841.10 IncreaseJoseph, Neill, Denis and John Wagner AustraliaConstruction; mining services1.28
85 Increase1.10 IncreaseReg and Hazel Rowe AustraliaSuper Retail Group; property751.14 Decrease
86 Increase1.10 IncreaseTim Kentley-Klay AustraliaTechnology1430.58 Increase
87 Decrease1.09 IncreaseSandy Oatley and family AustraliaAgriculture; property; tourism741.07 Increase
88 Decrease1.06 IncreaseJustin Hemmes AustraliaHotels; property78 Increase0.951 Increase
89 Decrease1.04 IncreaseGordon Fu and family AustraliaProperty880.858 Decrease
90 Increase1.00 IncreaseShaun Bonétt AustraliaPrecision Group; property960.784 Increase
91 Decrease1.00 IncreaseRichard Smith AustraliaFood services770.999 Increase
92 Increase0.989 IncreaseJack Gance AustraliaChemist Warehouse; retail930.813 Increase
93 Decrease0.977 IncreasePeter Scanlon and family AustraliaPatrick Corporation900.843 Increase
94 Increase0.974 IncreaseCyan and Collis Ta'eed and family AustraliaTechnologyn/anot listed
95 Decrease0.973 IncreaseErvin and Charlotte Vidor AustraliaProperty; hotels790.927 Increase
96 Increase0.966 IncreaseLaurie Sutton AustraliaRetail1880.432 Decrease
97 Decrease0.960 IncreaseMario Verrocchi AustraliaChemist Warehouse940.803 Increase
98 Decrease0.957 SteadyRaphael Geminder AustraliaManufacturing530.957 Decrease
99 Decrease0.931 IncreaseSpiros Alysandratos AustraliaTravel; property830.869 Increase
100 Decrease0.914 IncreaseLloyd Williams AustraliaProperty; thoroughbreds950.787 Increase
101 Decrease0.905 IncreaseChristian Beck AustraliaTechnology990.775 Increase
102 Increase0.905 IncreaseDick Honan AustraliaManildra Group1790.475 Increase
103 Increase0.896 IncreaseKie Chie Wong and family AustraliaInvestor; resourcesn/anot listed
104 Increase0.890 IncreaseChris Mackay AustraliaFinancial services1180.680 Increase
105 Decrease0.885 IncreasePatrick Grove AustraliaTechnology890.850 Increase
106 Decrease0.885 IncreaseAndrew Roberts AustraliaEx-Multiplex; property910.822 Increase
107 Increase0.882 IncreaseShangjin Lin and family AustraliaPropertyn/anot listed
108 Increase0.871 IncreaseJoy Chambers-Grundy AustraliaMedian/anot listed
109 Decrease0.852 DecreaseGraham Turner AustraliaFlight Centre; hotels860.861 Increase
110 Increase0.851 IncreaseMarnie Lewis-Millar and Shay Lewis-Thorp AustraliaPropertyn/anot listed
111 Decrease0.851 DecreaseGeoff Harris AustraliaFlight Centre; investment840.867 Increase
112 Decrease0.842 DecreaseBill James AustraliaRetail850.863 Increase
113 Increase0.834 IncreaseRod Spooner and family AustraliaPropertyn/anot listed
114 Increase0.816 IncreaseJohn Camilleri and family AustraliaManufacturing; food productionn/anot listed
115 Decrease0.815 IncreaseTheo Karedis AustraliaRetail; property1050.737 Increase
116 Decrease0.814 IncreaseDale Elphinstone AustraliaElphinstone Group; mining services1040.739 Increase
117 Increase0.805 IncreaseHamish Douglass AustraliaFinancial services1350.617 Increase
118 Increase0.802 IncreaseFrank Costa AO and family AustraliaAgriculture1270.655 Increase
119 Increase0.798 IncreaseJonathan Hallinan AustraliaProperty1230.667 Increase
120 Increase0.781 IncreaseScott Hutchinson and family AustraliaConstructionn/anot listed
121 Increase0.781 IncreaseNaomi Milgrom AO AustraliaSussan; Sportsgirl; Suzanne Grae133 Decrease0.625 Increase
122 Decrease0.772 DecreaseLarry Kestelman AustraliaDodo Services; telecommunications970.784 Increase
123 Decrease0.771 IncreaseAllan Myers AC, QC AustraliaInvestment; agriculture1020.749 Increase
124 Decrease0.768 IncreaseKevin Seymour and family AustraliaProperty1080.714 Increase
125 Steady0.767 IncreaseHarry Stamoulis and family AustraliaManufacturing1250.660 Increase
126 Decrease0.765 IncreaseAndrew Muir AustraliaThe Good Guys1090.708 Increase
127 Decrease0.761 IncreaseRod Duke AustraliaBriscoe Group1030.744 Decrease
128 Decrease0.758 IncreaseJina Chen and Alex Wu AustraliaHealthcare1000.756 Increase
129 Decrease0.755 IncreaseIris Lustig-Moar and Max Moar AustraliaProperty1060.730 Increase
130 Increase0.746 IncreaseArnold Vitocco AustraliaPropertyn/anot listed
131 Increase0.745 IncreaseGreg Farrell and family AustraliaFederal Group; gamingn/anot listed
132 Decrease0.731 IncreaseTravers Duncan AustraliaResources; property1100.706 Increase
133 Increase0.729 IncreaseJohn Richards and family AustraliaWaste managementn/anot listed
134 Decrease0.728 IncreaseBruce Gordon AustraliaMedia113Increase0.702 Increase
135 Increase0.713 IncreaseNeil Rae AustraliaEx-Gull Petroleumn/anot listed
136 Decrease0.705 IncreaseTrevor Lee AustraliaAgriculture1300.646 Increase
137 Decrease0.696 IncreaseMick Power AustraliaConstruction1150.689 Decrease
138 Decrease0.682 IncreasePaul Fudge AustraliaMedia1210.673 Increase
139 Decrease0.679 DecreaseJack Bendat AM AustraliaProperty1110.704 Increase
140 Increase0.677 IncreaseRobert Magid AM AustraliaProperty1680.513 Increase
141 Increase0.672 IncreaseTim Gurner AustraliaProperty1440.574 Increase
142 Increase0.672 IncreaseOri Allon AustraliaTechnology1910.413 Increase
143 Decrease0.671 IncreaseMax Beck AustraliaProperty1240.660 Increase
144 Decrease0.670 IncreaseKim McKendrick and family AustraliaEx-Godfrey Hirst Carpets1260.657 Increase
145 Increase0.670 IncreaseJohn Singleton AustraliaMedia; investment; property1610.534 Increase
146 Increase0.663 IncreaseGordon Martin AustraliaManufacturing1480.561 Increase
147 Decrease0.662 IncreaseKerry Harmanis AustraliaResources1280.654 Increase
148 Decrease0.661 DecreaseChris Ellison AustraliaResources980.783 Increase
149 Decrease0.660 DecreaseMark Creasy AustraliaResources1140.689 Increase
150 Increase0.656 IncreaseGarry Rothwell AustraliaPropertyn/anot listed
151 Decrease0.655 DecreaseAndrew and Michael Buxton AustraliaProperty1190.676 Increase
152 Decrease0.655 IncreaseTerry Peabody AustraliaEx-Transpacific; investment1310.638 Increase
153 Increase0.651 IncreaseDiane Burger and family AustraliaPropertyn/anot listed
154 Increase0.647 IncreaseTrevor St Baker AustraliaEnergy1800.472 Increase
155 Decrease0.646 IncreaseNick DiMauro AustraliaProperty1360.611 Increase
156 Decrease0.639 DecreaseGreg Poche AustraliaEx-StarTrack1290.651 Increase
157 Decrease0.638 IncreaseJohn Symond AM AustraliaEx-Aussie Home Loans1340.621 Decrease
158 Decrease0.637 IncreaseZig Inge and family AustraliaProperty1320.631 Increase
159 Increase0.623 IncreaseIan Malouf AustraliaWaste servicesn/anot listed
160 Decrease0.623 IncreaseJamie Pherous AustraliaTravel services1410.586 Increase
161 Decrease0.620 IncreaseRobert Whyte AustraliaInvestment1560.536 Increase
162 Increase0.615 IncreaseRhonda Wyllie and family AustraliaInvestmentn/anot listed
163 Decrease0.605 IncreaseLeon Kamenev AustraliaEx-Menulog; technology1380.589 Increase
164 Increase0.600 IncreaseZeljko Ranogajec AustraliaGamingn/anot listed
165 Decrease0.600 IncreaseGeorge Kepper AustraliaTechnology; property1570.535 Decrease
166 Increase0.598 IncreaseSunny Ngai and family AustraliaManufacturingn/anot listed
167 Decrease0.596 IncreaseDavid Paradice AustraliaFinancial services1650.519 Increase
168 Decrease0.594 IncreaseChristina and Tony Quinn AustraliaDarrell Lea; retail1390.588 Increase
169 Decrease0.593 IncreaseJohn Higgins AustraliaInvestment; services1540.549 Increase
170 Steady0.584 IncreaseArthur Laundy AustraliaHotels1700.506 Increase
171 Decrease0.583 IncreaseDiana and Rino Grollo AustraliaProperty1580.534 Increase
172 Decrease0.582 IncreaseDanny Hill AustraliaProperty1420.580 Increase
173 Decrease0.575 IncreaseGraham Tuckwell AustraliaFinancial services1490.560 Increase
174 Decrease0.574 IncreaseGrahame Mapp AustraliaInvestment1500.559 Increase
175 Decrease0.567 IncreasePaul Blackburne AustraliaProperty1520.553 Increase
176 Decrease0.564 IncreaseNigel Satterley AustraliaSatterley; property1550.546 Decrease
177 Decrease0.560 IncreaseTony Wales AustraliaEx-Computershare; investment1670.519 Increase
178 Increase0.554 IncreaseJerry Schwartz AustraliaHotelsn/anot listed
179 Decrease0.541 IncreaseKevin Maloney AustraliaMining services1600.534 Increase
180 Decrease0.540 IncreaseTony Poli AustraliaResources; property1620.529 Increase
181 Decrease0.538 IncreaseOwen Kerr AustraliaFinancial services1820.459 Increase
182 Increase0.530 IncreaseStephen Ring and family AustraliaEx-Swissen/anot listed
183 Decrease0.523 DecreaseHilton Nathanson AustraliaFinancial services1630.527 Increase
184 Decrease0.520 IncreaseSeumas Dawes AustraliaFinancial services1720.503 Increase
185 Decrease0.517 IncreaseWill Vicars AustraliaFinancial services1640.527 Increase
186 Increase0.514 IncreaseAnthony Hall AustraliaTechnologyn/anot listed
187 Decrease0.512 DecreaseAndrew Abercrombie AustraliaFinancial services1530.549 Decrease
188 Decrease0.506 IncreasePeter Hughes and family AustraliaAgriculture1750.491 Increase
189 Decrease0.503 DecreaseMichael Boyd AustraliaSonic Healthcare1690.511 Increase
190 Decrease0.500 DecreaseIan Roberts AustraliaHealthcare1660.519 Decrease
191 Decrease0.491 DecreasePeter Cooper AustraliaFinancial services1730.499 Decrease
192 Decrease0.491 IncreaseGreg Coffey AustraliaFinancial services1770.486 Increase
193 Increase0.489 IncreaseNeville Bertalli AustraliaRetailn/anot listed
194 Increase0.487 IncreaseNick Molnar AustraliaAfterpayn/anot listed
195 Increase0.487 IncreaseAnthony Eisen Australian/anot listed
196 Increase0.486 IncreaseTobias Pearce and Kayla Itsines AustraliaTechnologyn/anot listed
197 Increase0.485 IncreaseAlan and Irene Messer AustraliaHealthcaren/anot listed
198 Decrease0.479 SteadySteven Kalmin AustraliaGlencore1510.479 Increase
199 Decrease0.479 IncreaseRod Jones AustraliaNavitas Group1760.450 Increase
200 Increase0.472 IncreasePatricia Ilhan AustraliaCrazy John's1940.407 Increase
Legend
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Steady Has not changed from the previous year's list
Increase Has increased from the previous year's list
Decrease Has decreased from the previous year's list

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. 1 2 Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "The Australian Financial Review Rich List Reveals Wealthiest 200". Nine Entertainment. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Chancellor, Jonathan (22 May 2013). "Billionaire property developer Hui Wing Mau the highest debutant on BRW Rich List". SmartCompany. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
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