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Rich List 2025
Australia’s 200 richest people, plus six billionaires make their debut, putting the “well” into wealthy and how to have a good divorce when you’ve got billions.
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Rich List 2024
Tracking the fortunes of Australia’s richest people since 1983 | Australia’s 200 most wealthy and how they are handing over the keys to the kingdom
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Rich List 2023
Tracking the fortunes of Australia’s richest since 1983 | The new must-have: a tropical island | Why a Lamborghini might be your best-ever investment
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Rich List 2022
Australia’s most comprehensive guide to who’s on the up, and who’s down for the count.
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Rich List 2021
The insider’s analysis of what the top end of town are doing with their money.
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How repeating first grade drove Christian Beck towards a circa $6b IPO
A lifelong desire to prove he wasn’t stupid drove the ATI Global founder to build an international legal tech firm. He’s now asking markets to value his work.
Annie Cannon-Brookes goes solo with huge Southern Highlands venture
The billionaire is preparing to unveil her tourism project with everything from restaurant Three Blue Ducks to cattle grazing and sustainable crickets.
Billionaire Latimore prepares to hit the Nasdaq with new minerals play
The Brisbane-based businessman has partnered with Sydney stockbroker Stephen Silver to bring a blank cheque critical minerals vehicle to the New York market.
The quiet rise of Australia’s newest billionaire Katrina Leslie
Katrina Leslie avoided attention for years, but her software firm Swipejobs did not. It drew in a who’s who of big backers, with plans for an IPO this year.
Ivan Glasenberg’s wealth tops $21b on Rio-Glencore mega-merger talks
The mining magnate’s stake in Glencore has skyrocketed in value on the prospect of a $300b deal to create the world’s biggest mining company.
December 2025
Airwallex shrugs off controversy with huge funding round
Global payments giant Airwallex has raised the second-biggest ever local VC funding round, its valuation soaring 30 per cent in six months to $US8 billion ($12 billion).
Billionaire Lederer goes to Canberra for $300m office tower deal
The Canberra deal is one of the biggest moves Paul Lederer has made in the real estate market since selling a $300 million portfolio of malls four years ago.
Dennis Bastas’ rise from aspiring car designer to $5b pharma king
The son of Greek immigrants signed a mega-deal this year for his pharmaceutical and beauty empire that propelled him to the upper echelons of the Rich List.
November 2025
The moment that led to a $750m coal fortune and a Ferrari obsession
M Resources founder Matt Latimore had Olympic dreams until a decision to study – and a trip to Japan – set him on the path to the Rich List.
Goldman Sachs dealmaker lists $22m Brighton mansion with two pools
One of the most recognisable homes in the prestigious Melbourne seaside suburb of Brighton is up for grabs. It was originally developed by billionaire Max Beck.
‘I was sitting on a bench’: How a chance encounter led to a $5b empire
Vikas Rambal came to Australia from India in 2000 with a return ticket, but a lucky moment sparked his dream to build a huge fertiliser plant.
Billionaire Shahin family takes stake in Perth payment fintech Bless
The investment is the latest in start-up plays from the family that sold its OTR petrol station empire to Viva Energy in a $1.2 billion deal two years ago.
Billionaire Brett Blundy pushes for Victoria’s Secret board seat
The businessman best known for his stake in Lovisa and other major brands owns almost 13 per cent of the New York-listed lingerie label and wants changes.
October 2025
Billionaire Domino’s chairman Jack Cowin says focus is on turnaround
The 83-year-old businessman says he is open to a deal, but only once he can repair the struggling ASX-listed fast-food chain’s enormous share price slide.
Founder, family, fortune: How they ‘have it all’
From term sheets to toddlers, these founders juggled building a business as well as a family.
Lindsay Fox’s business empire back in profit after Armaguard bailout
The Fox family’s business empire, which includes Linfox and Armaguard, increased its revenue to $4 billion in the 2025 financial year.
Atlassian pays Mike Cannon-Brookes $5.7m for use of his private jet
The company said its co-founder had not profited from the arrangement and the agreed rate was “below market” for other private jet use.
Women wielding $562b lead ‘sideways’ succession boom
Generational change is reshaping the list of the world’s 500 richest people, and as more women take control of these huge empires they are reshaping global business.
Private equity buyer Blackstone circles Hamilton Island deal
While still in preliminary stages, a deal would make Blackstone, which already controls Crown Resorts, a major force in the country’s hospitality sector.
Snow family closes door to any sale of Canberra Airport
The extended family is working through its longer-term business and philanthropic strategy following Snow senior’s death at 80 in August last year.
September 2025
Nicola Forrest spotted with new boyfriend in Europe
The philanthropist has flown far more under the radar than Andrew Forrest since their separation.
Macquarie-backed seaweed group enlists Japanese giant, eyes IPO
Macquarie holds 10 per cent of Sea Forest, with billionaire Peter Gunn and author Zoe Foster Blake among its investors, as the group looks at a potential IPO.
Inside the private group with more revenue than Hancock Prospecting
Pallion Group beat Gina Rinehart’s mining giant by revenue on a list of top private companies following an extraordinary bull run in the gold price.
A billionaire chippy’s A-list campaign to rebuild a surf club
Sorrento is finally getting a new clubhouse after years of planning hurdles, thanks to developer Max Beck and his Rich List network.
Lawsuit alleges 16-hour days, bullying at MCo Beauty dupes empire
The cosmetics producer’s former head of finance claims he was “pretty much destroyed” working on a deal to sell the business to billionaire Dennis Bastas.
