BRW Rich 200, 2015 explained

The BRW Rich 200, 2015 is the 32nd annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in Australia, published online by The Australian Financial Review in June 2015.^[1]

In the 2015 list, the net worth of the wealthiest individual, Gina Rinehart, was 14.02 billion.

The BRW Rich Families List was published annually between 2008 and 2015. In every year of its publication the Smorgon family headed the list, with estimated wealth of 2.74 billion in 2015 spread across seven branches of the family.^[2] In 2015 the list comprised fifty families with an entry point of 302 million. The families list was last published in 2015.

List of individuals

2015		Name	Citizenship	Source of wealth	2014^[3]
Rank	Net worth  bn				Rank	Net worth  bn
	14.02			Hancock Prospecting investment		20.01
	10.76			Visy Industries Pratt Industries		7.64
	10.23					5.50
	7.84			Westfield property (shopping centres)		7.16
	6.89		^[4]			6.35
	6.14		^[5] ^[6]			6.63
	6.08			Crown Resorts		7.19
	4.40			Property (shopping centres)		4.08
	2.83					5.86
	2.65			Property		2.73

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List of families

2015^[7]		Name	Citizenship	Source of wealth	2014^[8]
Rank	Net worth  bn				Rank	Net worth  bn
	2.74			Investment		2.77
	2.60			Retail (plumbing)		2.34
	2.53			Investment		2.45
	2.46			Manufacturing (building materials); construction		2.19
	2.41			Property; retail		2.29
	2.08			Retail; property; investment		2.05
	1.89			Investment; property		1.86
	1.25			Building services		1.08
	1.20			Tenix infrastructure investment (roads and services)		1.26
	1.17			Resources		1.18
	2.74			Investment; property		1.13

Legend
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	Has not changed from the previous year's list
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See also

• Financial Review Rich List
• Forbes Asia list of Australians by net worth

External links

• Web site: BRW Rich 200 . 2015 . . subscription.

Notes and References

1. Stensholt, John . 2015 BRW Rich 200. BRW. Sydney. June 2015. 9 June 2015 . subscription.
2. News: Poultry to property: how Australia's richest families are making second fortunes . . Fairfax Media . 7 October 2015 . 26 October 2015 . Stensholt, John . https://web.archive.org/web/20151013015755/http://www.brw.com.au/p/business/poultry_fortunes_property_how_australia_AXBIWJiDYVaSlF4gebRFXJ . 13 October 2015 . dead .
3. Stensholt, John . 2014 BRW Rich 200. BRW. Sydney. 26 June 2014. 28 June 2014 . subscription.
4. News: Billionaire property developer Hui Wing Mau the highest debutant on BRW Rich List. 22 May 2013. SmartCompany. Chancellor, Jonathan. 17 July 2014. 26 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140726133830/http://www.smartcompany.com.au/growth/economy/31842-billionaire-property-developer-hui-wing-mau-the-highest-debutant-on-brw-rich-list.html. dead.
5. News: Wen, Philip . Mystery billionaire emerges from corporate shadows . Executive Style . Australia . 26 May 2011 . 8 October 2019 . 9 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191009115411/http://www.executivestyle.com.au/mystery-billionaire-emerges-from-corporate-shadows-1f4fa . dead .
6. Glasenberg, Ivan . Martin Spieler . Letztlich macht es keine Differenz, ob Ihr Vermögen eine Milliarde beträgt oder sechs . . 5 May 2013 . German . https://archive.today/20130506205550/http://www.sonntagszeitung.ch/fokus/sonntagsgespraech/sonntagsgespraech-detailseite/?newsid=251058 . 6 May 2013 . 30 September 2019 .
7. News: Rich Families List 2015 . BRW . Australia . 7 October 2015 . 26 October 2015 .
8. News: Rich Families List 2014 . BRW . Australia . 21 August 2014 . 26 October 2015 .