This article is about the Forbes list of Australia's 50 richest people published in 2017. 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 50 wealthiest people resident in Australia, published by Forbes Asia in January 2017.[1]

The net worth of the wealthiest individual, Gina Rinehart, was estimated to be US$14.80 billion.

List of individuals

2017[1][2][3][4] Name Citizenship Source of wealth 2016[5]
Rank Net worth
US$ bn 		Rank Net worth
US$ bn
1 Increase 14.80 Increase Gina Rinehart  Australia Hancock Prospecting; investment 2 Decrease 8.50 Decrease
2 Increase 9.90 Increase Harry Triguboff  Australia Meriton Apartments 3 Decrease 6.90 Increase
3 Increase 5.80 Increase Anthony Pratt  Australia Visy Industries; Pratt Industries 5 Increase 3.60 Increase
4 Steady 5.70 Increase Frank Lowy  Australia Ex-Westfield; property 4 Decrease 5.00 Steady
5 Increase 5.00 Increase Bianca Rinehart, John Hancock,
Ginia Rinehart and Hope Welker		  Australia Resources n/a not listed
6 Increase 4.40 Increase Andrew Forrest  Australia Fortescue Metals Group 22 Decrease 1.24 Decrease
7 Steady 4.10 Increase John Gandel  Australia Property (shopping centres) 7 Decrease 3.20 Decrease
8 Decrease 3.70 Increase James Packer  Australia Crown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings 6 Decrease 3.50 Decrease
9 Increase 3.50 Increase Lindsay Fox  Australia Linfox 8 Increase 2.80 Decrease
10 Increase 3.40 Increase Mike Cannon-Brookes  Australia Atlassian 14 Increase 1.78 Increase
Scott Farquhar  Australia 15 Increase 1.75 Increase
12 Steady Fiona Geminder  Australia Manufacturing; investment 12 Steady 1.83 Decrease
13 Increase Alan Wilson and family  Australia Reece Group; retail 16 Decrease 1.60 Decrease
14 Increase 2.60 Decrease Kerry Stokes  Australia Property; Seven West Media; resources 27 Decrease 1.00 Decrease
15 Increase Stan Perron  Australia Property 17 Decrease 1.54 Decrease
16 Increase Lang Walker  Australia Walker Corporation (property) 26 Decrease 1.02 Decrease
17 Decrease Sir Michael Hintze  Australia
 United Kingdom		 Retail; investment 13 Increase 1.80 Decrease
18 Increase Heloise Waislitz  Australia Manufacturing; investment 20 Decrease 1.30 Decrease
19 Decrease David Hains  Australia Investment 10 Increase 1.90 Decrease
20 Increase Maurice Alter  Australia Property (shopping centres) 24 Decrease 1.10 Decrease
21 Increase Tony and Ron Perich  Australia Investment 32 Increase 0.77 Increase
22 Decrease Jack Cowin  Australia Competitive Foods Australia; investment 18 Increase 1.50 Increase
23 Increase 1.70 Increase Angela Bennett  Australia Resources 29 Increase 0.93 Decrease
24 Decrease Kerr Neilson  Australia Financial services 11 Decrease 1.85 Decrease
25 Decrease Gerry Harvey  Australia Harvey Norman; retail 19 Decrease 1.35 Increase
26 Increase Judith Neilson  Australia Investment 37 Increase 0.72 Increase
27 Increase 1.40 Increase Manny Stul  Australia Retail; toys n/a not listed
28 Decrease Bob Ell  Australia Property development 23 Decrease 1.20 Steady
29 Decrease David Teoh  Australia Telecommunications 9 Increase 1.95 Increase
30 Steady Solomon Lew  Australia Premier Investments; retail 30 Steady 0.92 Decrease
31 Decrease John van Lieshout  Australia Real estate 28 Decrease 0.97 Decrease
32 Increase Richard White  Australia WiseTech Global n/a not listed
33 Increase Brett Blundy  Australia Retail; agribusiness 42 Decrease 0.645 Decrease
Sam Tarascio  Australia Real estate 36 Decrease 0.735 Increase
Gretel Packer  Australia Crown Resorts; investment 49 Increase 0.51 Increase
Nigel Austin  Australia Cotton On Group; retail 47 Increase 0.565 Increase
Alan Rydge  Australia Rydges Hotels & Resorts 21 Increase 1.27 Increase
Maha Sinnathamby  Australia Real estate 41 Decrease 0.65 Decrease
Paul Little  Australia Logistics; real estate 31 Increase 0.83 Increase
Chris Wallin  Australia Mining n/a not listed
Len Ainsworth  Australia Gaming; manufacturing 33 Decrease 0.76 Decrease
Bruce Mathieson  Australia Hotels 43 Increase 0.64 Increase
Con Makris  Australia Real estate 38 Increase 0.70 Increase
Russ Withers and family of the late Beverley Barlow  Australia 7-Eleven Australia 25 Increase 1.10 Increase
Ralph Sarich  Australia Real estate 40 Increase 0.66 Steady
Richard Smith  Australia Food distribution 44 Increase 0.615 Increase
John Kahlbetzer  Australia Agriculture 35 Increase 0.74 Decrease
Christopher Morris  Australia Software; hospitality 48 Decrease 0.55 Decrease
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. ^ a b "Australia's Richest 2017: Country's Wealthiest Continue Mining For Dollars". Forbes Asia. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Gina Rinehart tops Forbes Australia Rich List with $21.5b". The Sydney Morning Herald. AAP. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  3. ^ Froelicher, Christian (23 January 2018). "Rich and counting: Australia's 33 billionaires". SBS World News. Australia. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Nocookies". The Australian. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Gina Rinehart Loses Her No. 1 Spot". Forbes Asia. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
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