The Forbes list of Australia's 50 richest people is the annual survey of the fifty wealthiest people resident in Australia, published by Forbes Asia in January 2018.
The net worth of the wealthiest individual, Gina Rinehart, was estimated to be 17.40 billion.
List of individuals
The following is the list of Australia's 50 richest people for the year of 2018. 2018NameCitizenshipSource of wealth2017RankNet worth bn Rank Net worth bn 17.40 Hancock Prospecting; investment 14.80 Meriton 9.90 Visy; Pratt Industries 5.80 Ex-Westfield; property 5.70 Atlassian 3.40 Fortescue 4.40 Property (shopping centres) 4.10 Crown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings 3.70 Linfox 3.50 , , and Resources 5.00 Property; Seven West Media; resources 2.60 Sir Retail; investment and family Reece Group; retail Walker Corporation (property) Manufacturing; investment WiseTech Global Property (shopping centres) Investment Mineralogy and other mining interests; hospitality n/a not listed Manufacturing; investment Investment Competitive Foods Australia; investment Resources 1.70 Telecommunications Crown Resorts; investment Cotton On Group; retail Premier Investments; retail Retail; agribusiness Property development Real estate Harvey Norman; retail Retail; toys 1.40 Financial services 1.00 Real estate Capital Airport Group; property development n/a not listed Investment Rydges Hotels & Resorts Real estate Logistics; real estate Mining Gaming; manufacturing Hotels Real estate and family of the late Beverley Barlow 7-Eleven Australia Real estate Food distribution Agriculture Software; hospitality
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See also Financial Review Rich List Forbes list of Australia's 50 richest people
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