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2012-Australia

TOP 10 - Australian Billionaires ... (7 March 2012) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
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Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Georgina Rinehart $18.0 billion mining Perth 58yo - Widowed, 4 children
2. Ivan Glasenberg $7.3 billion Commodities Switzerland, Ruschlikon 55yo - Married, 2 children
3. Andrew Forrest

$5.8 billion

mining, metals

Perth

50yo - Married, 3 children

4. James Packer $4.7 billion gaming Sydney 44yo - Married, 2 children
5. Frank Lowy & family $4.4 billion shopping malls Sydney 81yo - Married, 3 children
6. Harry Triguboff $4.0 billion real estate Sydney 79yo - Married, 2 children
7. John Gandel $3.2 billion shopping malls Melbourne 77yo - Married, 4 children
8. Angela Bennett and Michael Wright (siblings) $2.3 billion mining Perth na - Married, 7 children
9. Kerr Neilson $2.1 billion investments Sydney 62yo - Married, 2 children
10. David Hains $2.0 billion finance Melbourne  81yo - Married, 5 children


Did 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

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

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