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.
In the 2012 list, the net worth of the wealthiest individual, Gina Rinehart, was 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 2.63 billion. The Smorgon families headed the families list in every year of its publication. The families list was last published in 2015.
List of individuals
2012NameCitizenshipSource of wealth2011RankNet worth bn Rank Net worth bn 29.17 Australia Hancock; resources; investment 10.31 7.40 AustraliaSouth AfricaSwitzerland Glencore; commodities trading 8.80 6.47 Australia Westfield; property 4.98 5.89 Australia Fortescue; resources 6.18 5.45 Australia Visy; Pratt Industries; manufacturing 5.18 5.21 Australia Crown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings; gaming; media 4.16 4.85 Australia Meriton 4.30 3.85 Australia Mineralogy; mining; hospitality 5.05 3.35 Australia Property 3.45
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List of families 2012Family nameCitizenshipSource of wealth2011RankNet worth bn Rank Net worth bn 2.63 Australia Investment 2.69 2.20 Australia Investment 2.23 2.15 Australia Property; retail 2.08 n/a 2.01 Australia Manufacturing; construction n/a 2.60 1.94 Australia Retail; property; investment 2.01 1.75 Australia Investment; property 1.35 1.44 Australia Retail (plumbing) n/a not listed 1.29 Australia Resources 1.42 1.09 Australia Tenix; infrastructure investment 1.18
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See also Financial Review Rich List Forbes Asia list of Australians by net worth
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