Financial Review Rich List 2024

This article is about the Financial Review Rich List published in 2024. For general information about the list, see Financial Review Rich List.

The Financial Review Rich List 2024 is the 41st annual survey of the 200 wealthiest people resident in Australia, published by the Australian Financial Review on 30 May 2024.

The net worth of the wealthiest individual, Gina Rinehart, was $40.61 billion; while the net worth of the 200th wealthiest individual, Christian Beck, was $718 million; up from $690 million for the 200th individual in 2023. The combined wealth of the 200 individuals was calculated as $624.9 bn, an increase of $61.9 bn on the previous year; compared with a combined wealth of $6.4 bn in 1984 when the BRW Rich 200 commenced.[1][2] Forty-one women were included on the 2024 Rich List, representing 20.5 per cent of the list; down from thirty-six women in 2023, or 18 per cent. The list included eleven debutants.[1]

Rinehart held the mantle of Australia's wealthiest individual between 2011 and 2015; and has been the wealthiest Australian individual since 2020.[3] From 2017 to 2019, Anthony Pratt was Australia's wealthiest individual, ranked fourth in the 2021 Rich List, after Andrew Forrest,[2] Australia's wealthiest individual in 2008,[4][5] and Mike Cannon-Brookes. Harry Triguboff was Australia's wealthiest individual in 2016,[6][7] ranked second in the 2024 Rich List.[1]

List of individuals

Removed from the 2024 list

The following individuals, who appeared on the Financial Review Rich List 2023, did not appear on the 2024 list:

Notes

  • ^1 : Individual was listed on a previous year's list, that was not the 2023 Rich List.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Redrup, Yolanda; Bailey, Michael (30 May 2024). "Australia's wealthiest 200 now control $625b". Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b Kruger, Colin (30 October 2020). "What crisis? Red dirt billionaires still rule the rich list". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  3. ^ Jackson, Sally (23 May 2012). "The $29.17 billion woman: Gina Rinehart tops BRW's Rich List". The Australian. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  4. ^ Chappell, Trevor (28 May 2008). "Alan Bond makes BRW rich list comeback". News.com.au. Australia. Australian Associated Press. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  5. ^ "BRW Rich 200 2011 Wealth Index". BRW. Australia. 25 May 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  6. ^ Stensholt, John, ed. (27 May 2016). "2016 BRW Rich 200". Australian Financial Review. Australia. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  7. ^ Ong, Thuy (26 May 2016). "BRW rich list topped by Harry Triguboff, Gina Rinehart slips to fourth". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  8. ^ Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.