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.
The net worth of the wealthiest individual, Gina Rinehart, was estimated to be 14.80 billion.
| 2017[1] [2] [3] [4] | Name | Citizenship | Source of wealth | 2016[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Net worth bn | Rank | Net worth bn | |||||
| 14.80 | Hancock Prospecting
| align=right | 8.50 | |||||
| align=right | 9.90 | 6.90 | ||||||
| 5.80 | Visy Industries
| 3.60 | ||||||
| 5.70 | Ex-Westfield; property | 5.00 | ||||||
| 5.00 | ,, and | Resources | n/a | align=right | not listed | |||
| 4.40 | 1.24 | |||||||
| 4.10 | Property (shopping centres) | 3.20 | ||||||
| align=right | 3.70 | Crown Resorts | 3.50 | |||||
| align=right | 3.50 | 2.80 | ||||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | align=right rowspan=2 | 3.40 | 1.78 | |||||
| 1.75 | ||||||||
| Manufacturing; investment | 1.83 | |||||||
| and family | Reece Group
| align=right | 1.60 | |||||
| 2.60 | Property; Seven West Media; resources | align=right | 1.00 | |||||
| Property | align=right | 1.54 | ||||||
| Walker Corporation (property) | align=right | 1.02 | ||||||
| Sir | Retail; investment | 1.80 | ||||||
| Manufacturing; investment | align=right | 1.30 | ||||||
| Investment | align=right | 1.90 | ||||||
| Property (shopping centres) | align=right | 1.10 | ||||||
| Investment | align=right | 0.77 | ||||||
Competitive Foods Australia
| align=right | 1.50 | ||||||
| 1.70 | Resources | align=right | 0.93 | |||||
| align=right | Financial services | 1.85 | ||||||
Harvey Norman
| 1.35 | |||||||
| Investment | 0.72 | |||||||
| 1.40 | Retail; toys | n/a | not listed | |||||
| Property development | 1.20 | |||||||
| Telecommunications | 1.95 | |||||||
Premier Investments
| 0.92 | |||||||
| Real estate | align=right | 0.97 | ||||||
| WiseTech Global | n/a | not listed | ||||||
| 0.645 | ||||||||
| Real estate | 0.735 | |||||||
Crown Resorts
| 0.51 | |||||||
Cotton On Group
| 0.565 | |||||||
| 1.27 | ||||||||
| Real estate | 0.65 | |||||||
| Logistics; real estate | 0.83 | |||||||
| Mining | n/a | not listed | ||||||
| Gaming; manufacturing | 0.76 | |||||||
| Hotels | align=right | 0.64 | ||||||
| Real estate | align=right | 0.70 | ||||||
| and family of the late Beverley Barlow | 1.10 | |||||||
| Real estate | 0.66 | |||||||
| Food distribution | 0.615 | |||||||
| Agriculture | align=right | 0.74 | ||||||
| Software; hospitality | 0.55 | |||||||
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