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Australia's top 10 wealthiest people revealed  
Australia's 10 wealthiest individuals have been revealed in The List, The Australian's  annual study of the nation's richest people, with final  figures calculated in late February 2022.
In a remarkable career, he went from working as a sandwich hand after moving to Australia after World War II to starting a delicatessen in Sydney, before co-founding what has become a global shopping behemoth in Westfield.
10
Frank Lowy
$8.9b
Glasenberg retired in 2021 after two decades at the helm of global commodities giant Glencore, but is still the second largest shareholder of the London-listed company. His increase in wealth is due to the recovery in Glencore's share price.
9
Ivan Glasenberg
$15.89b
The Canva founders have had an incredible year. Their graphic design startup is on the road to becoming the most successful and valuable Australian technology firm ever, after a fundraising round in September pegged its value at $US40 billion ($55 billion).  
Melanie Perkins & Cliff Obrecht
8
$15.89b*
* combined
Palmer receives hundreds of millions in iron ore royalties, and spends a portion on political pursuits. His United Australia Party is contesting this year's federal election and he is leading its QLD ticket for the senate.
Clive Palmer
7
$18.35b
Sydney apartment king Harry Triguboff has branched out, buying sites in Melbourne and Canberra to build more Meriton serviced apartments and lodging plans for skyscrapers on the Gold Coast. Meriton owns close to 14,000 units.
Harry Trihuboff
6
$20.81b
Scott Farquhar and co-founder Cannon-Brookes will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their software sensation Atlassian in 2022. Its valuation in the past year has topped $100 million.
Scott Farquhar
5
$25.99b
The basis of Mike Cannon-Brookes' wealth is in Atlassian shares, the software sensation he founded with Scott Farquhar that has gone on to be a big success story on the NASDAQ exchange in the US.
Mike Cannon-Brookes
4
$26.2b
Anthony Pratt's US cardboard box manufacturing and recycling business is bigger than the family's Visy operation in Australia and New Zealand, which he owns with sisters Heloise Pratt and Fiona Geminder. Both businesses have grown strongly during the pandemic.
Anthony Pratt & family
3
$27.77b
Fortescue Future Industries has signed dozens of deals worldwide to produce green hydrogen, to be as big as energy company Aramco. But mining operations still provide the bulk of the company's profits, which has allowed Forrest to build a $5 billion investment and philanthropy empire.
Andrew Forrest
2
$31.77b
Gina Rinehart is at the top of The List. Her Hancock Prospecting delivered a $7.3 billion profit, with Roy Hill mine and Atlas Iron assets delivering huge paydays. Hancock also built a share portfolio worth more than $1 billion in just a year.
Gina Rinehart
1
$32.64b
Swipe up to see who else is on The List, the biggest annual study of Australia's 250 wealthiest individuals undertaken in this country.

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