The BRW Rich 200, 2015 is the 32nd annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in Australia, published online by the Australian Financial Review in June 2015.
In the 2015 list, the net worth of the wealthiest individual, Gina Rinehart, was 14.02 billion.
The BRW Rich Families List was published annually between 2008 and 2015. In every year of its publication the Smorgon family headed the list, with estimated wealth of 2.74 billion in 2015 spread across seven branches of the family. In 2015 the list comprised fifty families with an entry point of 302 million. The families list was last published in 2015.
List of individuals
2015NameCitizenshipSource of wealth2014RankNet worth bn Rank Net worth bn 14.02 Australia Hancock Prospecting; investment 20.01 10.76 Australia Visy; Pratt Industries 7.64 10.23 Australia Meriton 5.50 7.84 Australia Westfield; property (shopping centres) 7.16 6.89 ChinaAustralia Shimao Property 6.35 6.14 AustraliaSouth AfricaSwitzerland Glencore commodities trading 6.63 6.08 Australia Crown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings 7.19 4.40 Australia Property (shopping centres) 4.08 2.83 Australia Fortescue 5.86 2.65 Australia Property 2.73
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List of families 2015Family nameCitizenshipSource of wealth2014RankNet worth bn Rank Net worth bn 2.74 Australia Investment 2.77 2.60 Australia Retail (plumbing) 2.34 2.53 Australia Investment 2.45 2.46 Australia Manufacturing; construction 2.19 2.41 Australia Property; retail 2.29 2.08 Australia Retail; property; investment 2.05 1.89 Australia Investment; property 1.86 1.25 Australia Building services 1.08 1.20 Australia Tenix; infrastructure investment 1.26 1.17 Australia Resources 1.18
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See also Financial Review Rich List Forbes Asia list of Australians by net worth
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