Forbes list of Australia's 50 richest people 2018 explained

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 2018.

The net worth of the wealthiest individual, Gina Rinehart, was estimated to be 17.40 billion.

List of individuals

The following is the list of Australia's 50 richest people for the year of 2018.

2018[1]		Name	Citizenship	Source of wealth	2017[2] [3] [4] [5]
Rank	Net worth  bn				Rank	Net worth  bn
	17.40			Hancock Prospecting investment		14.80
						9.90
				Visy Industries Pratt Industries		5.80
				Ex-Westfield; property		5.70
				Atlassian		3.40
						4.40
				Property (shopping centres)		4.10
				Crown Resorts		3.70
						3.50
		,, and		Resources		5.00
				Property; Seven West Media; resources		2.60
		Sir		Retail; investment
		and family		Reece Group retail
				Walker Corporation (property)
				Manufacturing; investment
				WiseTech Global
				Property (shopping centres)
				Investment
				Mineralogy and other mining interests; hospitality	n/a	not listed
				Manufacturing; investment
				Investment
				Competitive Foods Australia investment
				Resources		1.70
				Telecommunications
				Crown Resorts investment
				Cotton On Group retail
				Premier Investments retail
				Retail; agribusiness
				Property development
				Real estate
				Harvey Norman retail
				Retail; toys		1.40
				Financial services
	1.00	[6]		Real estate
				Capital Airport Group property development	n/a	not listed
				Investment
				Real estate
				Logistics; real estate
				Mining
				Gaming; manufacturing
				Hotels
				Real estate
		and family of the late Beverley Barlow
				Real estate
				Food distribution
				Agriculture
				Software; hospitality

Legend
Icon	Description
	Has not changed from the previous year
	Has increased from the previous year
	Has decreased from the previous year

See also

• Financial Review Rich List
• Forbes list of Australia's 50 richest people

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018-05-24 . Australia's richest people are $50b richer since last year . 2023-09-22 . www.9news.com.au.
2. News: Australia's Richest 2017: Country's Wealthiest Continue Mining For Dollars . 28 September 2019 . Forbes Asia. 1 November 2017 .
3. News: Gina Rinehart tops Forbes Australia Rich List with $21.5b . . 2 November 2017 . 28 September 2019 . .
4. News: Froelicher, Christian . Rich and counting: Australia's 33 billionaires . . Australia . 23 January 2018 . 28 September 2019 .
5. News: Nocookies . . 2017-06-26 . dmy-all.
6. Web site: Sam Tarascio. Forbes. 2018. March 6, 2018.