Rich List 2026
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Rich List 2026
Australia’s 200 wealthiest people are almost all billionaires, AI boom drives new fortunes, migrant success stories fuel the list plus Gerry Harvey – unfiltered.
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Rich List 2025
Australia’s 200 richest people, plus six billionaires make their debut, putting the “well” into wealthy and how to have a good divorce when you’ve got billions.
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Rich List 2024
Tracking the fortunes of Australia’s richest people since 1983 | Australia’s 200 most wealthy and how they are handing over the keys to the kingdom
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Rich List 2023
Tracking the fortunes of Australia’s richest since 1983 | The new must-have: a tropical island | Why a Lamborghini might be your best-ever investment
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Rich List 2022
Australia’s most comprehensive guide to who’s on the up, and who’s down for the count.
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‘I am awesome’: Inside the unravelling of gambling king Laurence Escalante
For early investors, VGW was a blockbuster bet. But founder Laurence Escalante is facing a personal and regulatory reckoning, and insiders say the red flags were always there.
Boomers, property reign: The Rich List explained (in seven charts)
Explore the data behind Australia’s elite fortunes, the surge towards a trillion-dollar milestone, and how Australian billionaires compare with Elon Musk.
The full Rich List: Australia’s richest people in 2026 revealed
This was the year when artificial intelligence and the boom in data centres truly arrived on the Rich List.
Inside the ‘bloody awful’ office and sprawling empire of Gerry Harvey
The 86-year-old retail king remains outspoken and is still chasing his next win, whether it’s baby cucumbers or the 1500 horses he can’t stop buying.
Billionaire barons have every right to use their money to influence us
Sitting atop a $39 billion iron ore fortune and the AFR Rich List, Gina Rinehart is a prime example of a local billionaire who is building a network of influence.
May
Australia’s top 10 richest people revealed in 2026
The rich are getting richer. The country’s 200 largest fortunes have collectively leaped $39 billion to reach $707.25 billion.
The family behind this travel empire could be headed for the Rich List
There are real strengths to being a family-owned business, says Louise Tandy. Especially when you’re in the business of moving people.
Eight new billionaires among 15 Rich List debuts this year
The AI boom drives the fortunes of five of the new faces in 2026, but the pair with the highest debut owe their wealth to good old-fashioned Sydney property.
The Rich Lister who drives a 1959 Aston Martin DB4
Toby Dymond’s appreciation for classic motor vehicles stems from his late father, JD, and mother Margaret.
From chicken shops to $1b empire: Makris on his $500m Gold Coast bet
Greek-Australian mogul Con Makris started his billion-dollar business running takeaways. Now he’s giving the Marina Mirage site a much-anticipated glow-up.
Pokies, power and a family at war: Inside the $1.9b Laundy pub dynasty
A plane crash in the 1960s suddenly pushed their nascent pub empire into the hands of the family’s next generation. Decades later, they are still fighting.
Always money in chicken: Migrant success stories fuel the Rich List
The Rich List is peppered with the names of successful migrants, many of whose distinctive recipes have helped build Australia’s culinary landscape.
How a stockbroker’s work-life balance quest created an $891m fortune
Tired of the grind, Geoff Wilson wanted more time for the things that mattered to him. After a fateful career switch, he’s now a Rich List debutant.
These Rich Listers spotted a trend – and it made them millions
Billionaires who made their fortunes in mining and property populate the Rich List every year. But other fortunes were simply built on a good idea.
‘A certificate for burnout?’ Inside Canva’s confetti-filled AI pivot
In the midst of the AI-fuelled wipeout of tech firms, Canva and Atlassian spruik similar talking points to very different receptions.
Libermans shut property fund amid Melbourne office market slump
A troubled office project in Collingwood, Melbourne, has spelt the end for Berry Liberman and husband Danny Almagor’s property fund.
New accounts offer glimpse into Hemmes’ sprawling Merivale empire
Filings by the billionaire businessman’s main entities show revenues of more than $628 million in the last year alone, and a bumper to an associated trust.
April
From hoodies to high tech: Self-made women join $180b list
Half of Australia’s new Rich Women are self-made as AI and retail disruption reshape the nation’s top wealth tiers.
March
Mecca feels ASIC ire over failure to file financial accounts on time
The beauty and cosmetics giant founded by billionaire Jo Horgan will pay a fine amid a push by the regulator for better disclosures by private companies.
Manny Stul, John Hancock lead investors in celebrity fund
Family offices and other well-known businesspeople are piling into a $144 million vehicle that wants to partner with celebrities to launch consumer start-ups.
As the price of lithium tripled, so did this billionaire’s wealth
Mining entrepreneur Nick Wakim has seen his wealth rise to $3 billion in the past year, as he bets big on a lithium project in California.
James Packer confirms engagement to New York socialite
The unlucky-in-love billionaire is engaged for the fifth time, this time to an old flame.
Peter Gunn, truckie turned billionaire logistics titan, dies at 83
The Victorian businessman pioneered the use of larger vehicles in the 1970s and went on to hold stakes in everything from Toll Holdings to Virgin Blue.
February
How repeating first grade drove Christian Beck towards a circa $6b IPO
A lifelong desire to prove he wasn’t stupid drove the ATI Global founder to build an international legal tech firm. He’s now asking markets to value his work.
Annie Cannon-Brookes goes solo with huge Southern Highlands venture
The billionaire is preparing to unveil her tourism project with everything from restaurant Three Blue Ducks to cattle grazing and sustainable crickets.
