Did
you know...? |
Georgina
Rinehart
battled for 14 years to win control of her father's assets
from her stepmother |
Andrew
Forrest
nicknamed Twiggy ... onetime stockbroker and keen amateur
boxer ... a descendant of the first premier of the state
of West Australia, Lord Forrest of Bunbury |
Frank
Lowy & family
Czech-born ... biggest builder of apartments in Australia
... owns and manages 4,000 apartments |
James
Packer
father, Kerry, died Dec 26, 2005 ... married to model
turned singer/songwriter Erica Baxter |
Harry
Triguboff
born in China to Russian parents ... owns 50% of Chadstone
mall in Melbourne, the biggest in the southern hemisphere |
John
Gandel
medical doctor ... owns
50% of Chadstone mall in Melbourne, the biggest in the
southern hemisphere |
Kerr
Neilson
South African-born ... bought his first stock at age 13 |
Kerry
Stokes
started out installing television aerials on suburban
homes as a teenager ... owns Channel 7 TV station |
David
Hains
active horse breeder and racer |
Lindsay
Fox
dropped out of school at 16 ... avid car enthusiast ...
owns 130 rare classic cars ... his business card still
reads "Truck Driver." ... Linfox has a truck
fleet of 5,000 ... 20 million square feet of warehousing,
2 airports and 1,000 armoured vehicles to transport cash |
Kerry
Packer
Australia's long-time richest person, died 26 Dec 2005,
age 68 ...
he was worth $5.0 billion. |
Richard
Pratt
died 29 April, 2009, age 75, from prostate
cancer ... he was worth $1.5 billion. |