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This article is about the Financial Review Rich List published in 2019. For general information about the list, see Financial Review Rich List.

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

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

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Notes

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^[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

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  1. ^ a b Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "The Australian Financial Review Rich List Reveals Wealthiest 200". Nine Entertainment. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  3. ^ a b 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. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
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