The BRW Rich 200, 2012 is the 29th annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in Australia, published in hardcopy and online formats in the BRW magazine on 24 May 2012. [1]
In the 2012 list, the net worth of the wealthiest individual, Gina Rinehart, was A$29.17 billion.
The BRW Rich Families List was published annually since 2008. In the 2012 list, the Smorgon family headed the list with estimated wealth of A$2.63 billion. [2] The Smorgon families headed the families list in every year of its publication. The families list was last published in 2015. [3]
List of individuals
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| 2012 [1] | Name | Citizenship | Source of wealth | 2011 [4] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank |
Net worth A$ bn |
Rank | Net worth A$ bn | |||
1  |
29.17  |
Gina Rinehart | 
Australia |
Hancock Prospecting; investment | 1 |
10.31
|
| 2 |
7.40  |
Ivan Glasenberg |
Australia
[5]
South Africa
Switzerland
[6] |
Glencore commodities trading | 2 |
8.80
|
| 3 |
6.47 |
Frank Lowy AC |
Australia |
Westfield; property (shopping centres) | 6 |
4.98
|
| 4 |
5.89 |
Andrew Forrest |
Australia |
Fortescue Metals Group | 3 |
6.18
|
| 5 |
5.45 |
Anthony Pratt |
Australia |
Visy Industries; Pratt Industries | 4 |
5.18
|
| 6 |
5.21 |
James Packer |
Australia |
Crown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings | 8 |
4.16
|
| 7 |
4.85 |
Harry Triguboff AO |
Australia |
Meriton Apartments | 7 |
4.30
|
| 8 |
3.85 |
Clive Palmer |
Australia |
Mineralogy and other mining interests; hospitality | 5 |
5.05
|
| 9 |
Australia |
|||||
| 10 |
3.35 |
John Gandel AO |
Australia |
Property (shopping centres) | 9 |
3.45
|
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List of families
| 2012 [2] | Name | Citizenship | Source of wealth | 2011 [4] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank |
Net worth A$ bn |
Rank | Net worth A$ bn | |||
| 1 |
2.63 |
Smorgon family |
Australia |
Investment | 1 | 2.69
|
| 2 |
2.20 |
Liberman family |
Australia |
Investment | 2 | 2.23
|
| 3 |
2.15 |
Besen family |
Australia |
Property; retail | 3 | 2.08
|
| n/a | 2.01 |
Buckeridge family |
Australia |
Manufacturing (building materials); construction | n/a | 2.60
|
| 5 |
1.94 |
Myer family |
Australia |
Retail; property; investment | 4 | 2.01
|
| 6 |
1.75 |
Roberts family |
Australia |
Investment; property | 6 | 1.35
|
| 7 |
1.44 |
Wilson family |
Australia |
Retail (plumbing) | n/a | not listed |
| 8 |
1.29 |
Talbot family |
Australia |
Resources | 5 | 1.42
|
| 9 |
Australia |
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| 10 |
1.09 |
Salteri family |
Australia |
Tenix; infrastructure investment (roads and services) | 7 | 1.18
|
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See also
References
- ^ a b "BRW Rich 200 2012 Wealth Index". BRW. Australia. 24 May 2012. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ^ a b "Rich 50 Families 2012". BRW. Australia. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ^ "Rich Families List 2015". BRW. Australia. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ^ a b "BRW Rich 200 2011 Wealth Index". BRW. Australia. 25 May 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
External links
- "BRW Rich 200". BRW. 2012. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2019.