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Issue 22

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Billionaires

Australia’s 10 Richest People

*Last updated April 22, 2026

1 Gina Rinehart
Gina Rinehart $25.6B No change
2 Harry Triguboff
Harry Triguboff $23.5B No change
3 Andrew Forrest
Andrew Forrest $20.3B ▲ +$9.7M
4 Anthony Pratt
Anthony Pratt $11B No change
5 Frank Lowy
Frank Lowy $8.7B No change
6 Cliff Obrecht
Cliff Obrecht $7.6B No change
7 Melanie Perkins
Melanie Perkins $7.6B No change
8 Kerry Stokes
Kerry Stokes $7.4B ▲ +$18.5M
9 Mike Cannon-Brookes
Mike Cannon-Brookes $7.2B ▼ -$8.3M
10 Vivek Chaand Sehgal
Vivek Chaand Sehgal $6.9B ▲ +$87.4M

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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