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Australia’s 10 Richest People

*Last updated May 7, 2026. All figures are in USD.

1 Gina Rinehart
Gina Rinehart $25.7B No change
2 Harry Triguboff
Harry Triguboff $23.6B No change
3 Andrew Forrest
Andrew Forrest $20B ▲ +$453M
4 Anthony Pratt
Anthony Pratt $10.3B No change
5 Frank Lowy
Frank Lowy $8.7B No change
6 Mike Cannon-Brookes
Mike Cannon-Brookes $8B ▼ -$202.8M
7 Scott Farquhar
Scott Farquhar $7.6B ▼ -$206.8M
8 Melanie Perkins
Melanie Perkins $7.6B No change
9 Cliff Obrecht
Cliff Obrecht $7.6B No change
10 Kerry Stokes
Kerry Stokes $7.3B ▲ +$203.4M

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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