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 on 15 January 2019.
The net worth of the wealthiest individual, Gina Rinehart, was estimated to be 14.80 billion; while the net worth of the 50th wealthiest individual, Michael Heine, was estimated to be 750 million.
| 2019[1] | Name | Citizenship | Source of wealth | 2018 | ||||
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| Rank | Net worth bn | Rank | Net worth bn | |||||
| 14.80 | Hancock Prospecting
| 17.40 | ||||||
| align=right | 9.00 | align=right | ||||||
| 6.80 | Visy Industries
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| 6.50 | Ex-Westfield; property | align=right | ||||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | align=right rowspan=2 | 6.40 | Atlassian software tech | |||||
| 4.30 | align=right | |||||||
| 4.00 | Property (shopping centres) | |||||||
| align=right | 3.60 | Crown Resorts | ||||||
| align=right | 3.50 | Linfox Transports and logistics | ||||||
| 3.10 | ,, and | Resources | ||||||
| 2.90 | Property; Seven West Media; resources | |||||||
| 2.55 | Sir | Retail; investment | ||||||
| 2.50 | and family | Reece Group
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| 2.40 | Walker Corporation (property) | |||||||
| 2.30 | Manufacturing; investment | |||||||
| 2.20 | WiseTech Global | |||||||
| 2.10 | Property (shopping centres) | |||||||
| 1.90 | Investment | |||||||
| 1.80 | Mineralogy and other mining interests; hospitality | |||||||
| 1.76 | Manufacturing; investment | |||||||
| 1.74 | Investment | |||||||
| 1.70 | Competitive Foods Australia
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| 1.65 | Resources | |||||||
| 1.62 | Telecommunications | |||||||
| 1.60 | Crown Resorts
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| 1.50 | Cotton On Group
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| 1.46 | Premier Investments
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| 1.44 | ||||||||
| 1.42 | Property development | |||||||
| 1.40 | Real estate | |||||||
| 1.35 | Harvey Norman
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| 1.30 | Retail; toys | |||||||
| align=right | 1.24 | Financial services | ||||||
| 1.22 | Real estate | |||||||
| 1.20 | Capital Airport Group
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| 1.02 | Investment | |||||||
| 1.00 | ||||||||
| 0.98 | Real estate | |||||||
| 0.95 | Logistics; real estate | |||||||
| 0.91 | Mining | |||||||
| 0.90 | Gaming; manufacturing | |||||||
| 0.87 | Hotels | |||||||
| 0.85 | Real estate | |||||||
| 0.825 | and family of the late Beverley Barlow | |||||||
| 0.81 | Real estate | align=right | ||||||
| 0.80 | Food distribution | |||||||
| 0.77 | Agriculture | |||||||
| 0.76 | Software; hospitality | |||||||
| 0.75 | Financial services | align=right | ||||||
| Legend | ||
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| Icon | Description | |
| Has not changed from the previous year | ||
| Has increased from the previous year | ||
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