The List: Australia’s Richest 250 of 2025
Welcome to The List for 2025. The biggest annual study of Australia’s 250 wealthiest people across the country.
Richest 250
Where the rich live: Australia’s wealthiest postcodes
Plenty of billionaires live around the suburbs on Sydney harbour. But the leafy suburb that boasts the most wealthy people has set plenty of records in recent years.
The 50 names who just missed the Richest 250 list
The cut-off to make The List is now a record $635m, so plenty of big names and quiet achievers with business empires just missed qualifying this year. See who nearly made it.
Toy story: ‘We’re having too much fun to sell’
From a background as a Polish immigrant to owning a $1.3bn toy empire, Manny Stul and stepson Paul Solomon say they have bigger plans on the horizon as they knock back offers to sell.
Saint to sinner? Or just a migrant kid who can now afford a jet
Laurence Escalante could have stayed a Christian computer game maker and treasurer of his local church chapter. Failure led him instead to a $4bn online casino fortune and notoriety, but he swears he’s no sinner | WATCH
Meet the next gen of Australia’s richest families
Four heirs to some of Australia’s most private family offices reveal the challenges of managing the fortunes and taking over the empires built by their super successful parents.
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