The Financial Review Rich List 2023 is the 40th annual survey of the 200 wealthiest people resident in Australia, published by the Australian Financial Review on 26 May 2023.
The net worth of the wealthiest individual, Gina Rinehart, was $37.41 billion; while the net worth of the 200th wealthiest individual, Bob Rose and his wife, Margaret, and their family, was $690 million; up from $640 million for the 200th individual in 2022. The combined wealth of the 200 individuals was calculated as $563 bn, an increase of $9 bn on the previous year; compared with a combined wealth of $6.4 bn in 1984 when the BRW Rich 200 commenced. Thirty-six women were included on the 2023 Rich List, representing 18 percent of the list; down from thirty-nine women in 2021, or 19.5%. The list included six debutants.
Rinehart held the mantle of Australia's wealthiest individual between 2011 and 2015; and was also the wealthiest Australian individual since 2020. From 2017 to 2019, Anthony Pratt was Australia's wealthiest individual, ranked fourth in the 2021 Rich List, after Andrew Forrest, Australia's wealthiest individual in 2008, and Mike Cannon-Brookes. Harry Triguboff was Australia's wealthiest individual in 2016, ranked fourth in the 2023 Rich List.
List of individuals
2023NameCitizenshipSource of wealth2022RankNet worth bn Rank Net worth bn 37.41 Australia Hancock Prospecting; investment 34.00 33.29 Australia Fortescue 30.70 24.30 and family Australia Visy; Pratt Industries 24.30 23.80 Australia Meriton 21.20 23.66 Australia Mineralogy and other mining interests; hospitality 19.50 19.01 Australia Atlassian 27.80 18.16 Australia Atlassian 26.40 13.60 AustraliaSouth AfricaSwitzerland Glencore commodities trading 12.20 13.18 and Cliff Obrecht Australia Canva 13.80 9.33 Sir Australia ex-Westfield; property 9.30 9.11 Australia Technology 6.30 7.45 Australia Property; Seven West Media; resources 7.00 6.59 Australia Canva 6.90 6.51 and family Australia Reece Group 6.60 6.33 Australia Property (shopping centres) 6.20 5.81 Australia Walker Corporation (property) 5.00 5.22 and family Australia Gaming; manufacturing 7.70 4.95 Australia Crown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings 6.00 4.90 ChinaAustralia Shimao Property 4.80 4.63 Australia Mining 5.00 4.43 Australia Property; investments 4.50 4.36 Australia Competitive Foods Australia; investment 5.20 4.35 Australia Linfox; property 4.20 4.20 Australia Motherson Sumi Systems 5.90 3.97 Australia Premier Investments; retail 4.20 3.95 , Zac Fried and family Australia Retail; property 3.20 3.90 Australia Gaming 3.00 3.90 Australia Capital Airport Group; property 3.60 3.85 and Leonie Baldock Australia Resources 4.20 3.71 and family Australia Goodman Group; property 3.60 3.50 Australia Property 3.10 3.42 Australia IC Markets; financial services 4.20 3.35 United StatesUnited KingdomAustralia Media 4.00 3.33 Australia Retail; property; agriculture 3.30 3.11 Australia Gaming n/a 3.06 and family Australia Agriculture; property; So Natural, Narellan Town Centre 2.80 2.91 and Australia Harvey Norman 3.30 2.88 and family Australia Investment 2.90 2.78 , Ann Lim and family Malaysia Investor; resources 2.78 2.76 , Monica Weinberg-Saunders and family Australia Property 2.70 2.72 Australia Retail 2.70 2.67 and family Australia Financial services 2.80 2.63 and family Australia Kennards Self Storage 2.00 2.60 and family Australia Retail 2.60 2.57 Australia News Corporation and News UK 2.60 2.47 Australia Hancock Prospecting 2.20 2.44 Australia Hancock Prospecting 2.43 2.43 Australia Property 2.40 2.42 Australia Hancock Prospecting 2.20 2.42 Australia Hancock Prospecting 2.20 2.38 Australia Chemist Warehouse; retail 1.60 2.35 Australia Chemist Warehouse 1.50 2.31 Australia Precision Group; property 1.90 2.27 Australia Agriculture 1.60 2.25 Australia Resources 1.80 2.23 and family Australia Retail 2.20 2.23 Australia Hospitality; property 1.89 2.14 Australia Retail; property 2.20 2.13 Australia Gaming; investments 2.20 2.10 Sir Australia Retail; investment 2.20 2.09 Australia Crown Resorts; investment 2.00 2.09 Australia Property 2.20 2.08 and family Australia Retail 2.00 2.02 and family Australia Property; investment 2.00 2.00 Australia Cotton On Group; retail 2.00 2.00 and family Australia Moose Toys; retail 2.00 1.97 and family Australia Agriculture; Casella Family Brands 1.70 1.94 Australia Rydges Hotels & Resorts; Event Cinemas 1.90 1.93 Australia Ex-Multiplex; investment 1.60 1.92 and family Australia Manufacturing 1.80 1.91 and family Australia Retail 1.80 1.91 Australia Resources; hotels 1.10 1.87 Australia Agriculture 1.60 1.86 and family Australia Investment 1.80 1.85 Australia Technology 1.40 1.83 Australia Toll Holdings 1.80 1.82 Australia Residential property 1.80 1.79 Australia United Petroleum 1.60 1.78 Australia 1.60 1.78 Australia Ex-Primo smallgoods; investment 1.40 1.75 Australia Technology 1.30 1.70 Australia Telecommunications 2.60 1.69 Australia Property 1.69 1.62 Australia Logistics; investment; property 1.60 1.59 and family Australia Buckeridge Group of Companies 1.50 1.57 Australia Investment; property 1.60 1.57 and family Australia Property 1.60 1.57 Australia Retail 1.50 1.56 and family Australia Agriculture; property; tourism 1.20 1.53 and Australia Manufacturing n/a 1.50 Australia Property development 1.50 1.49 and family Australia Property 1.10 1.49 and family Australia Waste management 1.49 1.44 Australia Computershare; financial services; hospitality 1.40 1.47 and family Australia Kennards Hire 1.40 1.46 Australia Elphinstone Group; mining services 1.40 1.45 Australia Resources 1.50 1.45 Australia Hotels 1.40 1.43 Australia Investment 1.40 1.42 Australia Agriculture 1.40 1.41 Australia Investment 1.51 1.39 and family Australia Hotels; property 1.10 1.35 Australia Røde Microphones; manufacturing 0.701 1.34 and family Australia Soul Patts; investment 1.40 1.32 Australia Retail, manufacturing 0.990 1.31 and family Australia Property 1.20 1.31 and family Australia Paspaley Pearls 1.30 1.30 Australia Manufacturing 1.50 1.28 and Charlotte Vidor Australia Property; hotels 1.28 1.27 Australia Dodo Services; telecommunications 1.10 1.26 Australia Afterpay; technology 1.50 1.26 Australia 1.50 1.26 Australia Super Retail Group; property 1.20 1.25 Australia Retail 0.938 1.24 , Shay Lewis-Thorp and family Australia Property 0.964 1.24 Australia Financial services 1.30 1.24 Australia Manildra Group 1.20 1.24 and Rhonda Barro Australia Construction 1.80 1.24 Australia Financial services; Airwallex 0.732 1.23 and family Australia Ex-Inghams Enterprises; manufacturing 1.20 1.22 Australia Resources 1.20 1.22 Australia Energy 1.50 1.20 Australia Technology 1.00 1.15 Australia Sussan; Sportsgirl; Suzanne Grae 1.20 1.14 and family Australia Property; Caribbean Gardens 1.10 1.11 and Australia Technology 1.00 1.10 Australia Briscoe Group 1.20 1.10 Australia Technology 0.655 1.10 Australia Zambrero; retail 1.10 1.09 Australia Resources 0.848 1.08 Australia Technology 1.08 1.08 Australia Financial services 1.30 1.07 Australia Media 1.30 1.06 Australia Property 0.825 1.06 Australia Property 1.00 1.06 Australia Waste services 0.784 1.06 Australia Retail 0.798 1.05 and family Australia Manufacturing 1.40 1.04 and family Australia Patrick Corporation; logistics, investment 1.10 1.03 and Australia Human services 1.40 1.00 Australia Property 1.00 0.995 Australia Travel; property 0.995 0.990 Australia Property; thoroughbreds 0.948 0.989 United States Financial services 0.862 0.972 Australia Retail; property 0.952 0.969 and family Australia Manufacturing 0.895 0.966 Australia Financial services n/a 0.950 Australia Manufacturing 1.40 0.950 Australia Manufacturing 1.40 0.947 and family Australia Construction; mining services 1.00 0.943 Australia Technology 0.648 0.935 and family Australia Manufacturing 0.935 0.913 and family Australia Agriculture 0.795 0.912 Australia Property 0.929 0.907 and family Australia Agriculture 0.889 0.901 Australia Media n/a 0.900 and Australia Melbourne Institute of Technology 1.00 0.885 and family Australia Ex-Gull Petroleum 0.888 0.885 Australia Ex-Multiplex; property 1.00 0.875 Australia Investment 0.925 0.862 Australia Technology 1.20 0.860 Australia Investment 0.740 0.856 Australia Retail 0.814 0.852 Australia Property 0.878 0.850 and family Australia Property 0.945 0.844 Australia Investment; agriculture 0.883 0.832 and family Australia Property 0.818 0.828 Australia Food services 0.790 0.823 Australia Sonic Healthcare 0.744 0.822 and family Australia Agriculture 0.813 0.820 Australia Media; investment; property 0.768 0.804 Australia Technology; property 0.781 0.800 Australia Entertainment n/a 0.799 and family Australia Technology 0.913 0.785 Australia Resources 0.769 0.780 Australia Property 0.764 0.780 Australia Ex-Aussie Home Loans 0.800 0.778 and Australia Retail 0.725 0.788 Switzerland Software 0.788 0.766 and Australia Macquarie Telecom 0.842 0.763 Australia Resources 0.766 0.755 Australia Retail; property 0.749 0.755 Australia Technology n/a 0.748 Australia Manufacturing n/a 0.747 Australia Technology 0.869 0.740 and family Australia Services 0.727 0.734 and family Australia Investment 0.758 0.734 Australia Investment; services 0.750 0.730 and family Australia Property 0.714 0.729 and family Australia Ex-Godfrey Hirst Carpets 0.746 0.721 and family Australia Property 0.747 0.721 Australia Ex-Transpacific; investment 0.698 0.718 and family, Australia Property 0.807 0.710 Australia Financial services 0.703 0.710 Australia Property 0.710 0.700 Australia Property 0.700 0.700 Australia Retail n/a not listed 0.695 and Australia Entertainment n/a not listed 0.693 Australia Manufacturing n/a not listed 0.690 and Margaret Rose and family Australia Property n/a not listed
Removed from the 2023 list
The following individuals, who appeared on the Financial Review Rich List 2022, did not appear on the 2023 list
Notes : Individual was listed on a previous year's list, that was not the 2022 Rich List. : Previous years' listing was in the name of David Hains. Hains died on 22 January 2023. : Previous years' listing was in the joint names of Bill and Imelda Roche. Bill Roche died on 30 June 2022.
See also Financial Review Rich List Forbes Asia list of Australians by net worth
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