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This article is about the Financial Review Rich List published in 2017. For general information about the list, see Financial Review Rich List.

The Financial Review Rich List 2017 is the 34th annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in

The Australian Financial Review. Rich lists are now published in The Australian Financial Review Magazine and in 2017 were rebranded as the Financial Review Rich List.[2]

In the 2017 list, the net worth of the wealthiest individual, Anthony Pratt, was A$12.60 billion.[3] The combined wealth of the 200 individuals was calculated as A$230 billion;[4] compared with a combined wealth of A$6.4 billion in 1984 when the BRW Rich 200 commenced.[5] Fifteen women and 185 men made the 2014 list.

List of individuals

2017[1][6] Name Citizenship Source of wealth 2016[7][8]
Rank Net worth
A$ bn 		Rank Net worth
A$ bn
1 Increase 12.60 Increase Anthony Pratt Australia
Visy Industries
; Pratt Industries		 2 Increase 10.35 Decrease
2 Increase 11.45 Increase Harry Triguboff Australia
Meriton Apartments
 1 Decrease 10.62 Increase
3 Increase 10.41 Increase Gina Rinehart Australia Hancock Prospecting; investment 4 Decrease 6.06 Decrease
4 Decrease 8.26 Steady Frank Lowy Australia ex-Westfield; property (shopping centres) 3 Decrease 8.26 Steady
5 Increase 6.85 Increase Ivan Glasenberg Australia[9]
South Africa
Switzerland[10]
commodities trading
 9 Decrease 3.33 Decrease
6 Increase 6.84 Increase Andrew Forrest Australia
Fortescue Metals Group
 8 Increase 3.33 Increase
7 Decrease 6.05 Increase John Gandel Australia Property (shopping centres) 5 Increase 5.45 Increase
8 Decrease 5.96 Increase Hui Wing Mau China
Australia[11]
Shimao Property
 6 Decrease 5.39 Decrease
9 Decrease 4.79 Decrease James Packer Australia Crown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings 7 Steady 5.00 Decrease
10 Increase 3.90 Increase Stan Perron Australia Property 11 Decrease 2.88 Increase
11 3.07 Increase Len Ainsworth Australia Gaming; manufacturing
12 3.00
Lang Walker
 Australia Walker Corporation (property)
13 Steady 2.91 Increase
AC
 Australia Linfox; property 13 Increase 2.49 Increase
14 2.90 Increase
AC
 Australia Property; Seven West Media; resources
15 Increase 2.74 Decrease Bianca Rinehart Australia Hancock Prospecting; investment
16 Decrease 2.55 Increase David Hains and family Australia Investment 14 Decrease 2.48 Increase
17 Increase 2.51 Increase Mike Cannon-Brookes Australia Atlassian 18 Increase 2.00 Increase
18 Increase 2.51 Increase Scott Farquhar Australia 18 Increase 2.00 Increase
19 2.38 Increase Solomon Lew Australia
Premier Investments
; retail
20 2.38 Increase Jack Cowin Australia Competitive Foods Australia; investment
21 2.34 Increase Gerry Harvey Australia Harvey Norman Holdings
22 2.24
Marc Besen
 Australia Retail
23 2.09 Increase
Alan Rydge
 Australia Rydges Hotels & Resorts; Event Cinemas
24 Increase 1.98 Increase Sir
Michael Hintze
 Australia
United Kingdom		 Retail; investment 37 Decrease 1.32 Decrease
25 1.93 Huang Bingwen and family Australia Manufacturing
Legend
Icon Description
Steady Has not changed from the previous year's list
Increase Has increased from the previous year's list
Decrease Has decreased from the previous year's list

See also

References

  1. ^
    Financial Review
    . Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  2. ^ Ward, Miranda (4 March 2016). "Fairfax Media to close BRW website with team joining new Leadership section at AFR". Mumbrella. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  3. AFR Magazine
    . Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  4. Financial Review
    . Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  5. ^ Janda, Michael (31 May 2019). "Australia's wealthiest have become 50 times richer in my lifetime". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  6. ^ Mayne, Stephen (26 May 2017). "Mayne's take: The top 25 Australian billionaires, as claimed by Fairfax". Crikey. Private Media. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  7. Financial Review
    . Australia. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  8. ^ Ong, Thuy (26 May 2016). "BRW rich list topped by Harry Triguboff, Gina Rinehart slips to fourth". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. SonntagsZeitung (Interview) (in German). Interviewed by Martin Spieler. Archived from the original
    on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  11. ^ Chancellor, Jonathan (22 May 2013). "Billionaire property developer Hui Wing Mau the highest debutant on BRW Rich List". SmartCompany. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.

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