BRW Rich 200, 2012
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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.[1]
In the 2012 list, the net worth of the wealthiest individual, Gina Rinehart, was A$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 A$2.63 billion.[2] The Smorgon families headed the families list in every year of its publication. The families list was last published in 2015.[3]
| 2012[1] | Name | Citizenship | Source of wealth | 2011[4] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Net worth A$ bn |
Rank | Net worth A$ bn | |||
1  | 29.17  | Gina Rinehart | Australia | Hancock; resources; investment | 1 | 10.31 |
| 2 | 7.40  | Ivan Glasenberg | Australia[5] South Africa Switzerland[6] | Glencore; commodities trading | 2 | 8.80 |
| 3 | 6.47 | Frank Lowy | Australia | Westfield; property | 6 | 4.98 |
| 4 | 5.89 | Andrew Forrest | Australia | Fortescue; resources | 3 | 6.18 |
| 5 | 5.45 | Anthony Pratt | Australia | Visy; Pratt Industries; manufacturing | 4 | 5.18 |
| 6 | 5.21 | James Packer | Australia | Crown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings; gaming; media | 8 | 4.16 |
| 7 | 4.85 | Harry Triguboff | Australia | Meriton | 7 | 4.30 |
| 8 | 3.85 | Clive Palmer | Australia | Mineralogy; mining; hospitality | 5 | 5.05 |
| 9 | ||||||
| 10 | 3.35 | John Gandel | Australia | Property | 9 | 3.45 |
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List of families
| 2012[2] | Family name | Citizenship | Source of wealth | 2011[4] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Net worth A$ bn |
Rank | Net worth A$ bn | |||
| 1 | 2.63 | Smorgon | Australia | Investment | 1 | 2.69 |
| 2 | 2.20 | Liberman | Australia | Investment | 2 | 2.23 |
| 3 | 2.15 | Besen | Australia | Property; retail | 3 | 2.08 |
| n/a | 2.01 | Buckeridge | Australia | Manufacturing; construction | n/a | 2.60 |
| 5 | 1.94 | Myer | Australia | Retail; property; investment | 4 | 2.01 |
| 6 | 1.75 | Roberts | Australia | Investment; property | 6 | 1.35 |
| 7 | 1.44 | Wilson | Australia | Retail (plumbing) | n/a | not listed |
| 8 | 1.29 | Talbot | Australia | Resources | 5 | 1.42 |
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| 10 | 1.09 | Salteri | Australia | Tenix; infrastructure investment | 7 | 1.18 |
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