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Australia’s 10 Richest People

*Last updated April 16, 2026

1 Gina Rinehart
Gina Rinehart $25.5B No change
2 Harry Triguboff
Harry Triguboff $23.4B No change
3 Andrew Forrest
Andrew Forrest $20.1B ▲ +$168.5M
4 Anthony Pratt
Anthony Pratt $10.8B No change
5 Frank Lowy
Frank Lowy $8.8B No change
6 Melanie Perkins
Melanie Perkins $7.6B No change
7 Cliff Obrecht
Cliff Obrecht $7.6B No change
8 Kerry Stokes
Kerry Stokes $7.3B ▼ -$140.7M
9 Mike Cannon-Brookes
Mike Cannon-Brookes $6.9B ▲ +$284.3M
10 Vivek Chaand Sehgal
Vivek Chaand Sehgal $6.8B ▲ +$241.7M

Australia’s only real-time billionaires tracker. Forbes Australia ranks the nation’s 10 wealthiest people by net worth, updated daily with live market data from the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires list.

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