The 200 richest people in Australia revealed
Australia’s billionaires have thrived during the pandemic year - and some on this year’s Rich List have reaped even bigger rewards from a soaring iron ore price.
Joanna Horgan, Peter Wetenhall, Cliff Obrecht, Melanie Perkins and Tania Austin.
Iron ore, property and technology are the three main paths to 2021’s Financial Review Rich List, which has shrugged off the pandemic to be richer than ever before.
For the second year running, the booming price of Australian iron ore has put Gina Rinehart at No. 1; her $31.06 billion fortune up from $28.9 billion in the 2020 list published in November. She is followed again by Andrew Forrest with $27.2 billion, up from $23 billion last time.
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