Financial Review Rich List 2021

Financial Review Rich List 2021

Company type	Annual ranking
Industry	Wealth ranking
Founded	1984 (1984)
Owner	Australian Financial Review

The Financial Review Rich List 2021 marks the 38th edition of the annual ranking of Australia's top 200 wealthiest individuals, released by the Australian Financial Review on 27 May 2021.

At the pinnacle of this list stood Gina Rinehart, whose net worth was valued at $31.06 billion. In contrast, the individual ranked 200th, Douglas Clarke, possessed $590 million, an increase from $540 million in the preceding year. Collectively, the fortunes of these 200 people summed to $479.6 billion, reflecting a $55.6 billion rise from the previous year and a significant growth compared to the initial total of $6.4 billion when the survey began in 1984. Thirty-nine women were featured in the 2021 compilation, accounting for 19.5 percent of the list—an increase from thirty women (12 percent) in 2020. Additionally, eighteen individuals made their first appearance on this year's list.

Rinehart previously held the title of Australia's richest person between 2011 and 2015 and regained this position in 2020. From 2017 through 2019, Anthony Pratt occupied the top spot and ranked fourth in 2021, trailing Andrew Forrest, who was Australia's wealthiest in 2008, and Mike Cannon-Brookes. The list also included Harry Triguboff, who led in 2016 and was placed sixth in 2021.

List of individuals

2021		Name	Citizenship	Source of wealth	2020
Rank	Net worth Template:AUD bn				Rank	Net worth Template:AUD bn
Template:Nts Steady	31.06 Template:Gain	Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Hancock Prospecting; investment	Template:Nts Template:Gain	28.89 Template:Gain
Template:Nts Steady	27.25 Template:Gain	Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Fortescue Metals Group	Template:Nts Template:Gain	23.00 Template:Gain
Template:Nts Template:Gain	20.18 Template:Gain	Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Atlassian	Template:Nts Template:Gain	16.93 Template:Gain
Template:Nts Decrease	20.09 Template:Gain	Template:Sortname and family	Template:AUS	Visy; Pratt Industries	Template:Nts Decrease	19.75 Template:Gain
Template:Nts Template:Gain	20.00 Template:Gain	Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Atlassian	Template:Nts Decrease	16.69 Template:Gain
Template:Nts Template:Gain	17.27 Template:Gain	Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Meriton Apartments	Template:Nts Decrease	14.42 Template:Gain
Template:Nts Template:Gain	13.01 Template:Gain	Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Mineralogy and mining; hospitality	Template:Nts Template:Gain	9.18 Template:Gain
Template:Nts Decrease	11.70 Decrease	Template:Sortname	Template:PRC, Template:AUS	Shimao Property	Template:Nts Steady	18.06 Increase
Template:Nts Steady	8.51 Template:Gain	Sir Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	ex-Westfield Group; property	Template:Nts Decrease	8.30 Decrease

Legend

Excluded from the 2021 Compilation

The individuals listed below, who were featured in the Financial Review Rich List 2020, did not appear in the 2021 edition:

2020		Individual	Nationality	Wealth Origin	Explanation (non-financial)
Position	Net worth Template:AUD bn
Template:Nts Template:Gain	2.13 Template:Gain	Template:Sortname	Template:AUS Template:GBR	Financial services; agriculture	Greensill scandal
Template:Nts Template:Gain	0.817 Template:Gain	Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Technology
Template:Nts Template:Gain	0.780 Template:Gain	Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Technology
Template:Nts Template:Gain	0.764 Template:Gain	Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Property	Parts of Grocon entered administration in November 2020
Template:Nts Decrease	0.724 Decrease	Template:Sortname and family	Template:AUS	Manufacturing; food production
Template:Nts Decrease	0.601 Decrease	Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Ex-Menulog; technology
Template:Nts Template:Gain	0.588 Template:Gain	Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Jaycar; retail
Template:Nts Template:Gain	0.585 Template:Gain	Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Mining
Template:Nts Template:Gain	0.580 Template:Gain	Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Agriculture
Template:Nts Template:Gain	0.575 Template:Gain	Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Kogan.com; technology
Template:Nts Template:Gain	0.569 Template:Gain	Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Resources
Template:Nts Template:Gain	0.564 Template:Gain	Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Technology
Template:Nts Decrease	0.560 Template:Gain	Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Resources; property
Template:Nts Decrease	0.556 Decrease	Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Manufacturing
Template:Nts Decrease	0.554 Decrease	Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Investment
Template:Nts Template:Gain	0.550 Template:Gain	Template:Sortname and Stuart Giles	Template:AUS	Healthcare
196 Decrease	0.549 Template:Gain	Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Financial services
198 Decrease	0.546 Decrease	Template:Sortname	Template:MON	Property
199 Decrease	0.545 Decrease	Template:Sortname and family	Template:AUS	Construction
200 Decrease	0.540 Decrease	Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Satterley; property

Notes

• This person was featured on an earlier compilation, not on the 2020 Rich List.

  Earlier entries were recorded under Frank Costa, who died on 2 May 2021.

See also

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