Tinkler Now Australias Richest Person
With a fortune of $1.13 billion, Nathan Tinkler, a mining magnate, has been named Australia’s richest person under 40 years old.
At 35, Tinkler is considered as the first billionaire to be featured in the Business Review Weekly Young Rich list. He is among the 100 wealthiest Australians who are under 40.
In May, Tinkler’s fortune was only $1.01 billion. He owns the Newcastle Knights rugby league team and Patinak Farm, a thoroughbred stable.
Trailing him is Greg Coffee, Fund Manager of London hedge, with a fortune of $743 million. In third place is investor and chief financial officer of Glencore International, Steve Kalmin, with $458 million.
Among the women that made it to the list is Prue Eales of EQ Hire Equipment who is in the joint 40th position with her husband Laurence Eales. They’re fortune amounts to $50 million combined.
Andrew Heathcote of the said magazine says that those who made it to the list were able to boost their wealth even in tough market conditions.
“[The list] demonstrates that youth is no impediment to the attainment of wealth,” he continues.
The combined wealth of the top 100 Australians totals $7.3 billion from $6.3 billion last year. In the list, twenty new names have emerged.
The complete list of the top 20 richest Australians under 40 follows:
- 1. Nathan Tinkler – $1.13 billon
- 2. Greg Coffey – $743 million
- 3. Steven Kalmin – $458 million
- 4/5. Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar – $360 million
- 6. Shaun Bonnett – $295 million
- 7. Ashley Williams – $240 million
- 8. Simon Clausen – $207 million
- 9. Bill McDonald – $171 million
- 10. Angus Grinham – $146 million
- 11. Sherman Ma – $118 million
- 12. Ashley Fraser – $117 million
- 13. Eugeni Tsvetnenko – $115 million
- 14. Bevan Slattery – $103 million
- 15. Matthew Tripp – $99 million
- 16/17. Todd Hannigan and Tom Todd – $98 million
- 18. Anthony Bell – $95 million
- 19/20. Jim Campbell and Brenton Euler – $83 million
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