The 10 Richest Australians In 2020 Revealed
— Updated on 2 November 2021

The 10 Richest Australians In 2020 Revealed

— Updated on 2 November 2021
Garry Lu
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Garry Lu

The AFR Rich List has once again provided some eyebrow-raising insights, revealing who the richest Australians are in 2020. The country now has a record 104 billionaires with the Top 200 entrants increasing their collective wealth by 24% this past year alone.

Heiress Gina Rinehart finds herself sitting comfortably in first place, separated by a gap of almost $6 billion between her and the nearest competition. Joined by the likes of Dr Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest and Clive Palmer in the top ten rankings, this has been quite a prosperous year for mining money.

On the younger side of the spectrum, Atlassian co-founders Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar have retained their middle positions of #5 and #6 – adding roughly $7 billion to their respective net worths thanks to rising share prices.

RELATED: Nick Molnar Becomes The Youngest Self-Made Billionaire In Australia.

Check out the richest Australians in 2020 according to the AFR Rich List below.

Gina Rinehart (Mining/Resources/Agriculture) – $28.9 billion

2020 Rank: 1
2019 Rank: 2
Wealth Change: +$15.09 billion

Dr Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest (Mining/Resources) – $23 billion

2020 Rank: 2
2019 Rank: 8
Wealth Change: +$15.01 billion

Anthony Pratt (Manufacturing/Paper) – $19.75 billion

2020 Rank: 3
2019 Rank: 1
Wealth Change: +$4.18 billion

Hui Wing Mau (Property) – $18.06 billion

2020 Rank: 4
2019 Rank: 4
Wealth Change: +$7.67 billion

Mike Cannon-Brookes (Tech) – $16.93 billion

2020 Rank: 5
2019 Rank: 6
Wealth Change: +$7.3 billion

Scott Farquhar (Tech) – $16.69 billion

2020 Rank: 6
2019 Rank: 5
Wealth Change: +$6.94 billion

Harry Triguboff (Property) – $14.42 billion

2020 Rank: 7
2019 Rank: 3
Wealth Change: +$0.88 billion

Clive Palmer (Mining/Resources) – $9.18 billion

2020 Rank: 8
2019 Rank: 15
Wealth Change: +$4.28 billion

Frank Lowy (Retail) – $8.3 billion

2020 Rank: 9
2019 Rank: 7
Wealth Change: -$0.26 billion

Kerry Stokes (Media) – $6.26 billion

2020 Rank: 10
2019 Rank: 11
Wealth Change: +$0.59 billion

The complete AFR Rich List has been published here.

Related: The World’s 10 Richest Families

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Garry Lu
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After stretching his legs with companies such as The Motley Fool and the odd marketing agency, Garry joined Boss Hunting in 2019 as a fully-fledged Content Specialist. In 2021, he was promoted to News Editor. Garry proudly retains a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, black bruises from Muay Thai, as well as a black belt in all things pop culture. Drop him a line at [email protected]

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