Forbes list of Australia's 50 richest people 2018

This article is about the Forbes list of Australia's 50 richest people published in 2018. For general information about the list, see Forbes list of Australia's 50 richest people.

The Forbes list of Australia's 50 richest people is the annual survey of the fifty wealthiest people resident in Australia, published by Forbes Asia in January 2018.

The net worth of the wealthiest individual, Gina Rinehart, was estimated to be US$17.40 billion.

List of individuals

The following is the list of Australia's 50 richest people for the year of 2018.

2018[1] Name Citizenship Source of wealth 2017[2][3][4][5]
Rank Net worth
US$ bn 		Rank Net worth
US$ bn
1 Steady 17.40 Increase Gina Rinehart  Australia Hancock Prospecting; investment 1 Increase 14.80 Increase
2 Steady Harry Triguboff  Australia Meriton Apartments 2 Increase 9.90 Increase
3 Steady Anthony Pratt  Australia Visy Industries; Pratt Industries 3 Increase 5.80 Increase
4 Steady Frank Lowy  Australia Ex-Westfield; property 4 Steady 5.70 Increase
5 Increase Mike Cannon-Brookes  Australia Atlassian 10 Increase 3.40 Increase
Scott Farquhar  Australia
7 Decrease Andrew Forrest  Australia Fortescue Metals Group 6 Increase 4.40 Increase
8 Decrease John Gandel  Australia Property (shopping centres) 7 Steady 4.10 Increase
9 Decrease James Packer  Australia Crown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings 8 Decrease 3.70 Increase
10 Decrease Lindsay Fox  Australia Linfox 9 Increase 3.50 Increase
11 Decrease Bianca Rinehart, John Hancock,
Ginia Rinehart and Hope Welker		  Australia Resources 5 Increase 5.00 Increase
12 Increase Kerry Stokes  Australia Property; Seven West Media; resources 14 Increase 2.60 Decrease
13 Increase Sir Michael Hintze  Australia
 United Kingdom		 Retail; investment 17 Decrease
14 Increase Alan Wilson and family  Australia Reece Group; retail 13 Increase
15 Increase Lang Walker  Australia Walker Corporation (property) 16 Increase
16 Increase Fiona Geminder  Australia Manufacturing; investment 12 Steady
17 Increase Richard White  Australia WiseTech Global 32 Increase
18 Increase Maurice Alter  Australia Property (shopping centres) 20 Increase
19 Steady David Hains  Australia Investment 19 Decrease
20 Increase Clive Palmer  Australia Mineralogy and other mining interests; hospitality n/a Steady not listed
21 Decrease Heloise Waislitz  Australia Manufacturing; investment 18 Increase
22 Decrease Tony and Ron Perich  Australia Investment 21 Increase
23 Decrease Jack Cowin  Australia Competitive Foods Australia; investment 22 Decrease
24 Decrease Angela Bennett  Australia Resources 23 Increase 1.70 Increase
25 Increase David Teoh  Australia Telecommunications 29 Decrease
26 Increase Gretel Packer  Australia Crown Resorts; investment
27 Increase Nigel Austin  Australia Cotton On Group; retail
28 Decrease Solomon Lew  Australia Premier Investments; retail 30 Steady
29 Increase Brett Blundy  Australia Retail; agribusiness 33 Increase
30 Increase Bob Ell  Australia Property development 28 Decrease
31 Decrease John van Lieshout  Australia Real estate
32 Decrease Gerry Harvey  Australia Harvey Norman; retail 25 Decrease
33 Decrease Manny Stul  Australia Retail; toys 27 Increase 1.40 Increase
34 Decrease Kerr Neilson  Australia Financial services 24 Decrease
1.00 Sam Tarascio[6]  Australia Real estate
36 Increase Terry Snow  Australia Capital Airport Group; property development n/a Steady not listed
37 Decrease Judith Neilson  Australia Investment 26 Increase
38 Decrease Alan Rydge  Australia Rydges Hotels & Resorts
39 Increase Maha Sinnathamby  Australia Real estate
40 Decrease Paul Little  Australia Logistics; real estate
41 Increase Chris Wallin  Australia Mining
42 Decrease Len Ainsworth  Australia Gaming; manufacturing 31 Decrease
43 Steady Bruce Mathieson  Australia Hotels
44 Decrease Con Makris  Australia Real estate
45 Decrease Russ Withers and family of the late Beverley Barlow  Australia 7-Eleven Australia
46 Decrease Ralph Sarich  Australia Real estate
47 Increase Richard Smith  Australia Food distribution
48 Decrease John Kahlbetzer  Australia Agriculture
49 Increase Christopher Morris  Australia Software; hospitality
Legend
Icon Description
Steady Has not changed from the previous year
Increase Has increased from the previous year
Decrease Has decreased from the previous year

See also

References

  1. ^ "Australia's richest people are $50b richer since last year". www.9news.com.au. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Australia's Richest 2017: Country's Wealthiest Continue Mining For Dollars". Forbes Asia. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Gina Rinehart tops Forbes Australia Rich List with $21.5b". The Sydney Morning Herald. AAP. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  4. ^ Froelicher, Christian (23 January 2018). "Rich and counting: Australia's 33 billionaires". SBS World News. Australia. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Nocookies". The Australian. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Sam Tarascio". Forbes. 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2018.