The ''Forbes'' list of Australia's 50 richest people is the annual survey of the fifty wealthiest people resident in
Australia, published by ''
Forbes Asia
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'' in January 2018.
The
net worth of the wealthiest individual,
Gina Rinehart
Georgina Hope Rinehart (née Hancock, born 9 February 1954) is an Australian mining magnate and businesswoman. Rinehart is the Executive Chairman of Hancock Prospecting, a privately owned mineral exploration and extraction company founded by ...
, was estimated to be 17.40
billion
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*1,000,000,000, i.e. one thousand million, or (ten to the ninth power), as defined on the short scale. This is its only current meaning in English.
* 1,000,000,000,000, i. ...
.
List of individuals
The following is the list of Australia's 50 richest people for the year of 2018.
See also
*
''Financial Review'' Rich List
*
''Forbes'' list of Australia's 50 richest people
References
{{Lists of Australian people by net worth, state=collapsed
2018 in Australia
2018
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