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you know...? |
Georgina
Rinehart
richest woman in Asia-Pcific ... increased her wealth
by $9 billion last year ... battled for 14 years to win
control of her father's assets from her stepmother |
Ivan
Glasenberg
born in South Africa ... to a Jewish father and South
African mother ... became an Australian citizen during
a short working stint in Melbourne during the 1980's ...
now lives in Switzerland ... champion race-walker for
both South Africa and Israel |
Andrew
Forrest
nicknamed Twiggy ... onetime stockbroker and keen amateur
boxer ... a descendant of the first premier of the state
of West Australia, Lord Forrest of Bunbury ... built his
own railway and port systems when some of the biggest
mining companies refused to carry his ore |
James
Packer
inherited $5 billion from his father, Kerry, who died
in 2005 ... married to model turned singer/songwriter
Erica Baxter |
Frank
Lowy & family
Jewish parents ... Czech-born ... founder of Westfield
which owns 124 shopping malls in Australia, New Zealand,
England and the US |
Harry
Triguboff
born in China to Russian Jewish parents ... biggest
builder of apartments in Australia ... owns and manages
4,000 apartments ... nicknamed "High-rise Harry" |
John
Gandel
medical doctor ... born in Poland to Jewish parents ...
owns 50% of Chadstone Mall in Melbourne, the biggest in
the southern hemisphere |
Angela
Bennett and Michael Wright
brother and sister ... heirs to the Rio Tinto fortune
... both in very ill health
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Kerr
Neilson
South African-born ... bought his first stock at age 13
... moved to Australia in 1983 |
David
Hains
active
horse breeder and racer |
Previous
Top 10 Billionaires |
Kerry
Stokes
started out installing television aerials on suburban
homes as a teenager ... owns Channel 7 TV station |
Lindsay
Fox
dropped out of school at 16 ... avid car enthusiast ...
owns 130 rare classic cars ... his business card still
reads "Truck Driver." ... Linfox has a truck
fleet of 5,000 ... 20 million square feet of warehousing,
2 airports and 1,000 armoured vehicles to transport cash |
Deceased
Top 10 Billionaires |
Kerry
Packer
Australia's long-time richest person, died of kidney failure
on 26 Dec 2005, age 68 ...
he was worth $5.0 billion |
Richard
Pratt
died 29 April, 2009, age 75, from prostate
cancer ... he was worth $1.5 billion |