BRW Rich 200, 2015
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The BRW Rich 200, 2015 is the 32nd annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in Australia, published online by the Australian Financial Review in June 2015.[1]
In the 2015 list, the net worth of the wealthiest individual, Gina Rinehart, was A$14.02 billion.
The BRW Rich Families List was published annually between 2008 and 2015. In every year of its publication the Smorgon family headed the list, with estimated wealth of A$2.74 billion in 2015 spread across seven branches of the family.[2] In 2015 the list comprised fifty families with an entry point of A$302 million.[3] The families list was last published in 2015.
| 2015[1] | Name | Citizenship | Source of wealth | 2014[4] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Net worth A$ bn |
Rank | Net worth A$ bn | |||
1  | 14.02  | Gina Rinehart | Australia | Hancock Prospecting; investment | 1 | 20.01 |
| 2 | 10.76  | Anthony Pratt | Australia | Visy; Pratt Industries | 2 | 7.64 |
| 3 | 10.23 | Harry Triguboff | Australia | Meriton | 8 | 5.50 |
| 4 | 7.84 | Frank Lowy | Australia | Westfield; property (shopping centres) | 4 | 7.16 |
| 5 | 6.89 | Hui Wing Mau | China Australia[5] | Shimao Property | 6 | 6.35 |
| 6 | 6.14 | Ivan Glasenberg | Australia[6] South Africa Switzerland[7] | Glencore commodities trading | 5 | 6.63 |
| 7 | 6.08 | James Packer | Australia | Crown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings | 3 | 7.19 |
| 8 | 4.40 | John Gandel | Australia | Property (shopping centres) | 9 | 4.08 |
| 9 | 2.83 | Andrew Forrest | Australia | Fortescue | 7 | 5.86 |
| 10 | 2.65 | Stan Perron | Australia | Property | 11 | 2.73 |
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List of families
| 2015[3] | Family name | Citizenship | Source of wealth | 2014[8] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Net worth A$ bn |
Rank | Net worth A$ bn | |||
| 1 | 2.74 | Smorgon | Australia | Investment | 1 | 2.77 |
| 2 | 2.60 | Wilson | Australia | Retail (plumbing) | 3 | 2.34 |
| 3 | 2.53 | Liberman | Australia | Investment | 2 | 2.45 |
| 4 | 2.46 | Buckeridge | Australia | Manufacturing; construction | 5 | 2.19 |
| 5 | 2.41 | Besen | Australia | Property; retail | 4 | 2.29 |
| 6 | 2.08 | Myer | Australia | Retail; property; investment | 6 | 2.05 |
| 7 | 1.89 | Roberts | Australia | Investment; property | 7 | 1.86 |
| 8 | 1.25 | Barro | Australia | Building services | 12 | 1.08 |
| 9 | 1.20 | Salteri | Australia | Tenix; infrastructure investment | 9 | 1.26 |
| 10 | 1.17 | Talbot | Australia | Resources | 10 | 1.18 |
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