The BRW Rich 200, 2015 is the 32nd annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in Australia, published online by The Australian Financial Review in June 2015.[1]
In the 2015 list, the net worth of the wealthiest individual, Gina Rinehart, was A$14.02 billion.
The BRW Rich Families List was published annually between 2008 and 2015. In every year of its publication the Smorgon family headed the list, with estimated wealth of A$2.74 billion in 2015 spread across seven branches of the family.[2] In 2015 the list comprised fifty families with an entry point of A$302 million.[3] The families list was last published in 2015.
List of individuals
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| 2015[1] | Name | Citizenship | Source of wealth | 2014[4] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Net worth A$ bn |
Rank | Net worth A$ bn | |||
1  |
14.02  |
Gina Rinehart |  Australia |
Hancock Prospecting; investment | 1 |
20.01
|
| 2 |
10.76  |
Anthony Pratt | Australia |
Visy Industries; Pratt Industries | 2 |
7.64
|
| 3 |
10.23 |
Harry Triguboff AO | Australia |
Meriton Apartments | 8 |
5.50
|
| 4 |
7.84 |
Frank Lowy AC | Australia |
Westfield; property (shopping centres) | 4 |
7.16
|
| 5 |
6.89 |
Hui Wing Mau |  People's Republic of China Australia[5] |
Shimao Property | 6 |
6.35
|
| 6 |
6.14 |
Ivan Glasenberg | Australia[6] South Africa Switzerland[7] |
Glencore commodities trading | 5 |
6.63
|
| 7 |
6.08 |
James Packer | Australia |
Crown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings | 3 |
7.19
|
| 8 |
4.40 |
John Gandel AO | Australia |
Property (shopping centres) | 9 |
4.08
|
| 9 |
2.83 |
Andrew Forrest | Australia |
Fortescue Metals Group | 7 |
5.86
|
| 10 |
2.65 |
Stan Perron AM | Australia |
Property | 11 |
2.73
|
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List of families
edit| 2015[3] | Name | Citizenship | Source of wealth | 2014[8] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Net worth A$ bn |
Rank | Net worth A$ bn | |||
| 1 |
2.74 |
Smorgon family | Australia |
Investment | 1 |
2.77
|
| 2 |
2.60 |
Wilson family | Australia |
Retail (plumbing) | 3 |
2.34
|
| 3 |
2.53 |
Liberman family | Australia |
Investment | 2 |
2.45
|
| 4 |
2.46 |
Buckeridge family | Australia |
Manufacturing (building materials); construction | 5 |
2.19
|
| 5 |
2.41 |
Besen family | Australia |
Property; retail | 4 |
2.29
|
| 6 |
2.08 |
Myer family | Australia |
Retail; property; investment | 6 |
2.05
|
| 7 |
1.89 |
Roberts family | Australia |
Investment; property | 7 |
1.86
|
| 8 |
1.25 |
Barro family | Australia |
Building services | 12 |
1.08
|
| 9 |
1.20 |
Salteri family | Australia |
Tenix; infrastructure investment (roads and services) | 9 |
1.26
|
| 10 |
1.17 |
Talbot family | Australia |
Resources | 10 |
1.18
|
| 10 |
2.74 |
Tieck family | Australia |
Investment; property | 11 |
1.13
|
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Stensholt, John, ed. (June 2015). "2015 BRW Rich 200". BRW. Sydney. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ^ Stensholt, John (7 October 2015). "Poultry to property: how Australia's richest families are making second fortunes". BRW. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 13 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Rich Families List 2015". BRW. Australia. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ^ Stensholt, John, ed. (26 June 2014). "2014 BRW Rich 200". BRW. Sydney. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
- ^ Chancellor, Jonathan (22 May 2013). "Billionaire property developer Hui Wing Mau the highest debutant on BRW Rich List". SmartCompany. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ Wen, Philip (26 May 2011). "Mystery billionaire emerges from corporate shadows". Executive Style. Australia. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. 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.
- ^ "Rich Families List 2014". BRW. Australia. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2015.