Gina Rinehart

Gina Rinehart is at the top of the list of richest people in Australia. Gina Rinehart is an Australian businesswoman and billionaire. According to reports and estimates, this woman's fortune could reach hundreds of billions of dollars from the massive property she owns, which is mainly from iron ore mining in Western Australia. with large reserves and soaring mining productivity due to strong demand from China and India. Hancock Prospecting, her father's failing enterprise, was the foundation of her business. She began her career as a mining magnate. Its firm became the major mining house in Asia when it began selling its products to Roy Hill Mining in 2011.

In 1992, Gina Rinehart was named executive chairwoman of Hancock Prospecting. Her net worth was even reduced for a few years owing to the mining sector's slowdown, but she never gave up hope. Instead, she put in long hours. Due to the growing demand for iron ore in Australia in 2020, she acquired her fame once more. The move boosted the profits from her Roy Hill mine, in which she owns the majority. IBIS World projected Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting's revenue to have increased by more than 23% to about $11 billion in October 2020, making it the country's largest private firm. Gina Rinehart paid 167 million dollars for a 13 percent stake in Fairfax Group, Australia's oldest and most recognizable media organization. She continued to acquire back 10% of Network Ten shares in 2010, one of the country's three major commercial social networking sites.

Net worth: AUD $32.64 Billion