Billionaire John Hancock makes Harry and Meghan seem grateful, relatable and likeable

Gina Rinehart’s son is an overgrown brat with a chronic entitlement mentality who is not only suing his mother but using the media to demean her achievements.

Two Australian billionaires have embarrassed themselves in recent days; one for being a massive hypocrite and the other an ungrateful nincompoop.

Climate change alarmist Mike Cannon-Brookes – think of him as a hairier, richer version of Greta Thunberg – has just bought himself a private jet.

And, according to him, he’s done it for the good of the environment!

He rationalises this wildly hypocritical purchase by his use of “direct air capture and sustainable fuels for the carbon and contrails” and claims this means his “flights actually have a net negative carbon footprint”.

So, he’s essentially saving the planet by having a private jet.

Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes a hairier, richer version of Greta Thunberg.

Heroic stuff from the Point Piper rich-lister.

But while we were laughing at Cannon-Brookes’ tortured commentary about the “deep internal conflict” he overcame to make his big purchase, along comes another billionaire, John Hancock, who thought it a good idea to whinge to the national broadsheet about his lot in life.

“The dividends I receive from Hancock Prospecting annually don’t even cover my lawyers’ bills, let alone my yacht,” Hancock said.

He makes Harry and Meghan seem grateful, relatable and likeable.

John Hancock says his annual dividends from Hancock Prospecting don’t cover his lawyer’s bills, let alone his yacht.

This overgrown brat with a chronic entitlement mentality lives a charmed life, with properties from a Windsor mansion to his skiing property in Whistler.

He is among Australia’s 50 richest, and yet he’s not only suing his mother, Gina Rinehart, for more, but is using the media to demean her achievements.

Hancock is dismissive of Rinehart’s track record, claiming Australia’s most successful businessperson isn’t that good at business and crediting Lang Hancock for the success achieved under his mother’s reign.

But when Rinehart took over Hancock Prospecting in 1992, it was a business beset by all sorts of serious financial issues.

Hancock, pictured with wife Gemma, claims Australia’s most successful businessperson isn’t that good at business. Picture: Lucas Wilkinson

She transformed it into a goliath that employs thousands of Australians, exports record amounts of iron ore, and contributes billions annually in taxes.

That is the reality, and one would hope a man who has benefited from Rinehart’s enormous success would be a little more grateful.

I’m not a lawyer and will not pass any judgement on the long-running legal case launched by Hancock against Rinehart.

But I will say this: it would be a cold day in hell before I even considered suing my own mother.

There are some things worth more than money.

Originally published as Billionaire John Hancock makes Harry and Meghan seem grateful, relatable and likeable