Forbes list of Australia's 50 richest people 2017

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 2017.[1]

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 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 14.80 Gina Rinehart AustraliaHancock Prospecting; investment2 8.50
2 9.90 Harry Triguboff AustraliaMeriton Apartments3 6.90
3 5.80 Anthony Pratt AustraliaVisy Industries; Pratt Industries5 3.60
4 5.70 Frank Lowy AustraliaEx-Westfield; property4 5.00
5 5.00 Bianca Rinehart, John Hancock,
Ginia Rinehart and Hope Welker		 AustraliaResourcesn/anot listed
6 4.40 Andrew Forrest AustraliaFortescue Metals Group22 1.24
7 4.10 John Gandel AustraliaProperty (shopping centres)7 3.20
8 3.70 James Packer AustraliaCrown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings6 3.50
9 3.50 Lindsay Fox AustraliaLinfox8 2.80
10 3.40 Mike Cannon-Brookes AustraliaAtlassian14 1.78
Scott Farquhar Australia15 1.75
12 Fiona Geminder AustraliaManufacturing; investment12 1.83
13 Alan Wilson and family AustraliaReece Group; retail16 1.60
14 2.60 Kerry Stokes AustraliaProperty; Seven West Media; resources27 1.00
15 Stan Perron AustraliaProperty17 1.54
16 Lang Walker AustraliaWalker Corporation (property)26 1.02
17 Sir Michael Hintze Australia
 United Kingdom		Retail; investment13 1.80
18 Heloise Waislitz AustraliaManufacturing; investment20 1.30
19 David Hains AustraliaInvestment10 1.90
20 Maurice Alter AustraliaProperty (shopping centres)24 1.10
21 Tony and Ron Perich AustraliaInvestment32 0.77
22 Jack Cowin AustraliaCompetitive Foods Australia; investment18 1.50
23 1.70 Angela Bennett AustraliaResources29 0.93
24 Kerr Neilson AustraliaFinancial services11 1.85
25 Gerry Harvey AustraliaHarvey Norman; retail19 1.35
26 Judith Neilson AustraliaInvestment37 0.72
27 1.40 Manny Stul AustraliaRetail; toysn/anot listed
28 Bob Ell AustraliaProperty development23 1.20
29 David Teoh AustraliaTelecommunications9 1.95
30 Solomon Lew AustraliaPremier Investments; retail30 0.92
31 John van Lieshout AustraliaReal estate28 0.97
32 Richard White AustraliaWiseTech Globaln/anot listed
33 Brett Blundy AustraliaRetail; agribusiness42 0.645
Sam Tarascio AustraliaReal estate36 0.735
Gretel Packer AustraliaCrown Resorts; investment49 0.51
Nigel Austin AustraliaCotton On Group; retail47 0.565
Alan Rydge AustraliaRydges Hotels & Resorts21 1.27
Maha Sinnathamby AustraliaReal estate41 0.65
Paul Little AustraliaLogistics; real estate31 0.83
Chris Wallin AustraliaMiningn/anot listed
Len Ainsworth AustraliaGaming; manufacturing33 0.76
Bruce Mathieson AustraliaHotels43 0.64
Con Makris AustraliaReal estate38 0.70
Russ Withers and family of the late Beverley Barlow Australia7-Eleven Australia25 1.10
Ralph Sarich AustraliaReal estate40 0.66
Richard Smith AustraliaFood distribution44 0.615
John Kahlbetzer AustraliaAgriculture35 0.74
Christopher Morris AustraliaSoftware; hospitality48 0.55
Legend
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See also

References
  1. "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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