BRW Rich 200, 2015

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

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 Australia Meriton Apartments 8 5.50
4 7.84 Frank Lowy Australia Westfield; property (shopping centres) 4 7.16
5 6.89 Hui Wing Mau 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 Australia Property (shopping centres) 9 4.08
9 2.83 Andrew Forrest Australia Fortescue Metals Group 7 5.86
10 2.65 Stan Perron Australia Property 11 2.73
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List of families

2015[3] Family name Citizenship Source of wealth 2014[8]
Rank Net worth
A$ bn
Rank Net worth
A$ bn
1 2.74 Smorgon Australia Investment 1 2.77
2 2.60 Wilson Australia Retail (plumbing) 3 2.34
3 2.53 Liberman Australia Investment 2 2.45
4 2.46 Buckeridge Australia Manufacturing; construction 5 2.19
5 2.41 Besen Australia Property; retail 4 2.29
6 2.08 Myer Australia Retail; property; investment 6 2.05
7 1.89 Roberts Australia Investment; property 7 1.86
8 1.25 Barro Australia Building services 12 1.08
9 1.20 Salteri Australia Tenix; infrastructure investment 9 1.26
10 1.17 Talbot Australia Resources 10 1.18
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See also

References

  1. ^ a b Stensholt, John, ed. (June 2015). "2015 BRW Rich 200". BRW. Sydney. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "Rich Families List 2015". BRW. Australia. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  4. ^ Stensholt, John, ed. (26 June 2014). "2014 BRW Rich 200". BRW. Sydney. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  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. ^ "Rich Families List 2014". BRW. Australia. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2015.