This Month
How Mukesh Ambani won the world’s richest sibling rivalry
A Shakespearean struggle for power in the world's second most populous country ends with one on top of the heap and the other facing ruin.
- Ari Altstedter and P R Sanjai
Netwealth boss is 'far more productive' at home
Rich Lister Matt Heine is telling staff not to rush back to the office. He’s learnt an important lesson in lockdown: working from home is highly productive.
- Julie-anne Sprague
Canva's top bananas take to pyjamas
The duo behind Canva have reinvented parts of its business, which meant they could address staff recently wearing their pyjamas.
- Julie-anne Sprague
May
Gina Rinehart tops Rich List in pandemic shakeout
A new wealthiest Australian is only the start of how COVID-19 has reshaped the Financial Review Rich List.
- Michael Bailey and Julie-anne Sprague
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
How our very richest tripled their fortunes in a decade
Two macro themes have helped to deliver an extraordinary jump in the fortunes of our richest Australians.
- James Thomson
Five richest Australians revealed
Surging iron ore prices and a tech sector winning from the work-at-home revolution sees former No. 1 Rich Lister Anthony Pratt bumped from the top five.
- Michael Bailey and Julie-anne Sprague
Rich Lister winners and losers so far
With the fortunes of many billionaires tied up in equity, the past few months have been a wild ride and not everyone has come out on top.
- Julie-anne Sprague and Michael Bailey
Rich Lister lessons from lockdown
The pandemic has left Australia's wealthiest people with time to reflect. Here's what the crisis has taught them.
- Julie-anne Sprague and Michael Bailey
Allco's Gordon Fell sues as Fiji resort deal sours
Things have soured very badly between the resort's equity partners, Gordon Fell and former SurfAid CEO Andrew Griffiths.
- Joe Aston
April
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Generosity counts for more in times like these
Private philanthropy has been surging. In an age of bushfires and virus, it fulfils a role that government cannot or will not fill.
- The AFR View
Australia’s biggest benefactors set philanthropy record
The value of the Financial Review Philanthropy 50 list has surged by 35 per cent – the biggest annual rise in its four-year history.
- Philippa Coates