This Month
The Rich Lister who avoids risk at all costs
Richard White wanted to be a rock ‘n’ roll star. He ended up developing software for companies in logistics and is now the 11th wealthiest person in Australia.
- Julie-anne Sprague
A Young Rich Lister’s advice for founders wanting social media success
How a back-of-the-napkin plan put fitness star Steph Claire Smith on the Young Rich List.
- Julie-anne Sprague
May
- Exclusive
- Rich List
Australia’s wealthiest 200 now control $625b
Technology is back, resources rode a roller coaster and property growth returned, giving Australia’s Rich Listers an 11pc boost to their total fortune.
- Updated
- Yolanda Redrup and Michael Bailey
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Ageing Rich Listers approach wealth dispersal watershed
Forty-five of the 200 Rich List entries, holding about $140 billion in wealth, are aged over 80.
- The AFR View
- No. 176
- Rich List
Rich Lister Wes Maas’ three rules for business decisions
The former NRL player has built a billion-dollar company through hard work and diversification.
- Yolanda Redrup
- Exclusive
- Rich List
More than half the 11 new Rich Listers are already billionaires
Two cryptocurrency giants, an under-the-radar mattress mogul, a former mechanic and an ex-NRL player are among 17 new and returning faces on this year’s Rich List.
- Yolanda Redrup and Michael Bailey
What Rich Listers think about money – and what they teach their kids
Nine of Australia’s wealthiest people reflect on their journey with money and whether material success leads to a rich life.
- Michael Bailey, Lauren Sams and Yolanda Redrup
- No. 38
- Rich List
Why Shakespeare matters to Rich Lister Katie Page
“We all quote Shakespeare all the time, whether we know it or not.” The Harvey Norman CEO – and Rich Lister – has a lifelong love for The Bard.
- Michael Bailey
- Opinion
- Rich List
How the Rich List is dodging real-life Succession dramas
As some of its icons are farewelled, a new generation is taking the reins. So far, Australia’s business landscape has remained relatively stoush-free.
- James Thomson
Inside the great Rich List wealth transfer
Control of vast business empires is passing to a new generation, forcing families to confront the hard questions around succession planning. Of the 200 richest Australians, 45 are over 80 and control $136.1 billion.
- Yolanda Redrup
Behind Ian Malouf’s $50m bet on umbilical cords
The Dial-A-Dump founder has shrugged off doubts about stem cell therapy and is investing heavily to get the treatments more widely approved.
- Michael Bailey
How a uni dropout went from Maccas to building a $100m company
Mark Woodland was expanding his education start-up before realising he’d overlooked a critical component for its success and he had to fix it.
- Julie-anne Sprague
Athenaeum Club’s salami tactics trouble gender truce
It’s increasingly tricky to maintain both a male-only institution with a rollcall of reciprocal arrangements with prestigious British counterparts.
- Myriam Robin
The $150b club: Record number of super rich
The combined net worth of the world’s super-rich club is up 13 per cent this year to $3.3 trillion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
- Diana Li and Jack Witzig
How the CEO of Oroton learnt to make the right career choices
Earlier in her career, Oroton CEO Jenny Child was frustrated at McKinsey and scored a job offer elsewhere. But a mentor warned her that the grass would not necessarily be greener. Child stayed at McKinsey, was made partner, moved to Australia and now runs a luxury retailer.
- Ciara Seccombe and Lap Phan
This former Young Rich Lister just spent $700k to alter his genes
Nick Bell’s first business failed, his next made him millions. The serial entrepreneur’s latest business venture involves helping people live longer.
- Julie-anne Sprague
April
Australian Club showdown gives members indigestion
You know what totally ruins the vibe? Democracy. Of which members of Melbourne’s prestigious Australian Club have had a gutful.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
Forrest-backed Minderoo to become bigger philanthropic force
The financial endowment behind Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s philanthropic Minderoo Foundation is expected to grow towards $40 billion by the end of the decade.
- Brad Thompson
Philanthropy 50: Which Australians gave away the most in 2023?
Donations from Australia’s biggest private givers have jumped to a record $1.25 billion.
- Lisa Murray
The homeschooled billionaire who built a fortune before turning 40
Shaun Bonett was the country’s richest person under 40 in 2007. Now a billionaire, he shares his story, including a humiliating $25 million mistake.
- Julie-anne Sprague
