Forbes list of Australia's 50 richest people 2018

Forbes Australia's 50 Wealthiest Individuals

Company type	Annual publication
Industry	Wealth ranking
Founded	2018 (2018)
Area served	Australia
Products	Wealth rankings

The Forbes compilation of Australia's 50 wealthiest individuals is an annual publication that ranks the top fifty richest people residing in Australia. This list was released by Forbes Asia in January 2018.

The richest person on the list, Gina Rinehart, had an estimated net worth of 17.40 billion.

List of individuals

Presented below is the ranking of Australia's 50 wealthiest people for the year 2018.

2018		Name	Citizenship	Source of wealth	2017
Rank	Net worth Template:USD bn				Rank	Net worth Template:USD bn
Template:Nts Steady	17.40 Template:Gain	Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Hancock Prospecting; investment	Template:Nts Increase	14.80 Increase
Template:Nts Steady		Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Meriton Apartments	Template:Nts Increase	9.90 Increase
Template:Nts Steady		Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Visy Industries; Pratt Industries	Template:Nts Increase	5.80 Increase
Template:Nts Steady		Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Ex-Westfield; property	Template:Nts Steady	5.70 Template:Gain
Template:Nts Increase		Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Atlassian	Template:Nts Increase	3.40 Increase
		Template:Sortname	Template:AUS
Template:Nts Decrease		Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Fortescue Metals Group	Template:Nts Increase	4.40 Increase
Template:Nts Decrease		Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Property (shopping centres)	Template:Nts Steady	4.10 Increase
Template:Nts Decrease		Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Crown Resorts; Consolidated Media Holdings	Template:Nts Decrease	3.70 Increase
Template:Nts Decrease		Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Linfox	Template:Nts Increase	3.50 Increase
Template:Nts Decrease		Template:Sortname, Template:Sortname, Template:Sortname, and Template:Sortname	Template:AUS	Resources	align=center>Template:Nts 5Template:Gain	align=right>5.00Increase

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Icon	Description
\u25B6	\u25B6 Indicates no change compared to the previous year
\u25B2	\u25B2 Indicates an increase from the prior year
\u25BC	\u25BC Indicates a decrease from the previous year

See also

• Financial Review Rich List
• Forbes ranking of Australia's top 50 wealthiest individuals