Maurice Alter

Maurice Alter
Born	1925 or 1926 (age 98–99)[1] Poland
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Property developer
Spouse	Helen Alter
Children	2

Maurice Alter (born c. 1925—26) is an Australian billionaire property developer.[1]

Biography

Maurice Alter was born to a Polish Jewish family[2] in Poland.[3] He emigrated to Australia after the Second World War.[1]

Alter started his Pacific Group property development business in 1979, and it is active mostly in Victoria and South Australia, including the Werribee Plaza and Pacific Epping in Melbourne.[3]

Personal life

Alter is married to Helen Alter and they have two children; and live in Melbourne, Victoria.[1]

Net worth

Alter is one of ten individuals listed on every Financial Review Rich List since the first list was published in 1984.[4][5]

Year	Financial Review Rich List		Forbes Australia's 50 Richest
	Rank	Net worth (A$)	Rank	Net worth (US$)
2011[6]			32	$0.70 billion
2012[7]			30	$0.78 billion
2013[8]			32	$0.89 billion
2014[9]			30	$0.96 billion
2015[10]			19	$1.20 billion
2016[11]			24	$1.10 billion
2017[12][13][14]		$1.81 billion	20
2018[15]	26	$2.26 billion
2019[16][17]	35	$2.33 billion	18	$2.10 billion
2020[18]	34	$2.31 billion
2021[4]	46	$2.32 billion
2022	42	$2.60 billion
2023[19]	44	$2.60 billion

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References

1. "The World's Billionaires: Maurice Alter". Forbes. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
2. "If I were a rich man..." Australian Jewish News. 6 February 2015.
3. "BRW Rich 200 list 2014: 20. Maurice Alter". 26 June 2014.
4. Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (27 May 2021). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
5. Thomson, James (22 May 2013). "Celebrating 30 years of the Rich 200". BRW Rich 200. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
6. "2011 Australia's 40 Richest". Forbes Asia. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
7. "2012 Australia's 40 Richest". Forbes Asia. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
8. "2013 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
9. "2014 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. January 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
10. "2015 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. March 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
11. "Gina Rinehart Loses Her No. 1 Spot". Forbes Asia. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
12. Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2017). "Financial Review Rich List 2017". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
13. Mayne, Stephen (26 May 2017). "Mayne's take: The top 25 Australian billionaires, as claimed by Fairfax". Crikey. Private Media. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
14. "Australia's Richest 2017: Country's Wealthiest Continue Mining For Dollars". Forbes Asia. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
15. Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2018). "2018 AFR Rich List: Who are Australia's richest people?". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
16. Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
17. "2019 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. January 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
18. Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (30 October 2020). "The full list: Australia's wealthiest 200 revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
19. Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (26 May 2023). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 6 June 2023.