The Mayne Report Rich List

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Soheil Abedian: living in on the Gold coast but Iranian born, the chief executive of listed property developer Sunland own an 18% stake worth more than $100 million and secured James Packer as a new shareholder and director in 2006. Sunland has expanded successfully into Dubai.

Andrew Abercrombie: the founder and former chief executive of leasing company FlexiGroup, which listed in late 2006. The stock has plunged from more than $3 to about 50c but his wealth still hovers around $100 million from clipping the ticket on transactions.

Russell Aboud: non-executive chairman of full-service broker Ord Minnett and director of ASX. He recently swapped his stake in Ord Minnett for 10.2 million Auswealth shares, worth more than $10 million. Russell also owns 322,382 ASX shares, worth around $10 million.

Graham Acton: controls the Acton Land & Cattle Company which shelled out $37 million to pick up the Carpentaria and Lyndhurst properties out of the break-up of AMP's old Stanbroke Pastoral empire in 2004. BRW claims $211 million.

William Adams: formerly the largest shareholder in Tattersall's and direct descendant of founder George Adams's brother who sat on the board initially after the float. His stake was worth about $80 million on listing, but made a wide decision to sell-down before the Victorian pokies licence bombshell.

Adler family: Rodney Adler and his sisters inherited wealth from their father Larry, the founder of FAI Insurance. Rodney ended blowing plenty of it in the HIH crash but the family overall still has well north of $10 million in net assets.

Terry Agnew: property investor in Sydney's commercial district, he recently completed a swap with the Stockland Group. He acquired his property for $121 million in 2002, and swapped it for property worth $225 million in one of the largest deals of its kind. Clearly quite a property player, even if little known.


Ahrens family: with the steel industry booming, this 100-year-old Adelaide-based family company is thriving through its engineering and steel fabrication business that employs 200 staff.

Len Ainsworth and Sons: in the 1950s, Len ainsworth began the gaming machine maker Aristocrat. While no longer active within the company, the family still own more than $1 billion worth of Aristocrat shares, whilst Len controls the separate Ainsworth Game Technology. The BRW claims $1.57 billion.

Aitken family: executive directors of Southern Cross equities Angus and Charlie Aitken, will benefit from the recent sale to Bell Financial Group for $150 million.

Albert family: Jacques Albert founded the Albert music business in 1890 when he began importing violins to Australia. With large interests in property and investments, the Albert family also own a valuable library of music copyrights including Cole Porter and Irving Berlin. The BRW claims $229 million.

Peter Albert: head of the Oxiana Resources Asian business, his 2.6 million shares are worth about $5 million after recent weakness.

Ernest Albers: currently a director of Moby Oil and Gas, Bass Strait Oil Company. He used to be a director of MEO Australia until he clashed with Chris Hart the MD and sold all his stock for at least $30 million. His wealth is said to be north of $70 million.

Martin Albrecht: made plenty as CEO of Thiess for 15 years and now chairs Geodynamics where his 1.57 million shares are worth about $2 million.

Dale Alcock: managing director of Alcock Brown-Neaves Group which operates a number of building companies in Perth including Dale Alcock Homes. Dale Alcock Homes posted a $14.7 million profit in 2006-07, with the lion's share of the profit handed back in dividends to Mr Alcock and Mr Brown-Neaves. In 2008 ABN Group purchased a magority stake in Victoria's Boutique Homes.

John Alexander: the former PBL CEO was paid $6.6 million in 2006-07 and the demerger of the media and gaming interests will see his $15 million contract paid out. Still making plenty as chairman of Consolidated Media Holdings, despite being blamed for killing Channel Nine.

Terrance Allen: the Herald Resources boss owns a stake in the company worth about $40 million.

Janine Allis: a former model who founded the booming Boost Juice chain and is now writing books talking about her success.

Ray Allsop: married to a Smorgon and has developed dozens of townhouses and high rise residential buildings on the Gold Coast.

Maurice Alter: migrated to Melbourne from Poland in the 1950s and is now a billionaire courtesy of a burgeoning property empire which started with two shops and a bank building in Kew and extended to shopping centres such as Forest Hill Chase (since sold to CFS Gandel) and Epping Plaza. The BRW claims $1.15 billion.

Spiros Alysandratos: arriving from Greece in 1959, at age 20 he opened his first travel agency which grew into Consolidated Travel - Australia's largest privately owned distributor of airline products. The BRW claims $217 million.

Kenneth Ambrecht: non-executive director of Fortescue Metals whose stake is worth more than $50 million.

Sonia Amoroso & Peter Nicholas: founded Cat Media, a pharmaceutical and cosmetic company using natural products. The company was sold in 2006 and while Nicholas has started a haircare company, Amoroso plans to go into fashion and publishing.

Anderson family: owning a bicycle repair shop in the 1950s, the Brisbane based family have since built their wealth through property and manufacturing, in particular, GWA international – makers of taps, sinks, and a range of household products. The BRW claims $420 million.

Chris & Virginia Anderson: celebrities in their home country of New Zealand, they run Javica, a property company, and made the BRW Young Rich list with an estimated wealth of more than $70 million.

Tim Anderson: founder and co-director of Madman, a DVD distribution business which was sold in 2006 for $34.5 million to Funtastic but has hit hard times recently.

Peter Anderton: executive chairman of the struggling Australian Ethanol but has done far better from his 2.25 million shares in African coal play Riversdale Mining which are now worth more than $20 million.

Andrew Andrejewskis: managing director and geologist of SA-based Sapex petroleum, he recently pocketed around $5 million in cash and shares from the sell-out to Linc Energy.

Andrews family: big players in the Sydney meat industry and now major exporters. Also have a large but little known Sydney property portfolio.

Duncan Andrews: made his name running the Australian Ratings credit assessment business in the 1980s but then made his second pile developing Victorian golf courses such as Thirteenth Beach near Barwon Heads and The Dunes.

Clive Appleton: the former managing director of Centro and Gandel has hit paydirt at APN Property Group where his 10 million shares are worth more than $15 million.


Don Argus: made about $40 million from his time as CEO of NAB and a further $10 million from his tenure as chairman of BHP-Billiton.

Armanasco family: former owners of farmland in Pakenham Victoria, now known as Worthington estate, was acquired 4 years ago by Central Equity and recently on-sold for $24 million.

John Armati: collected $69 million when his Macquarie Publications business was sold to Rural Press in 1995.

David Archer: formerly the major shareholder in Savage Resources, a stake left to him by his stepfather. Also made a pile in technology companies, not to mention the sale of his stepfather's property at Point Piper for about $12 million. Divides his time between the town house in London, the magnificent chateau in France and the award-winning Archer House at Whale Beach.

Benni Aroni: ran his own Melbourne-based law firm for 16 years until 1998 and then made plenty as a small shareholder in the giant Eureka apartment tower at Southgate.

Mark Ashley: the CEO of Apex Minerals, a WA mining company, who owns 16 million shares worth almost $10 million.

Nigel & Tania Austin: Nigel Austin started Cotton On, a low-priced fashion store, at 21 in Geelong, and has since expanded with 240 stores across Australia. Made BRW Young Rich List.

Chris Aylward: the man who ran the Grollo construction empire for many years got rich by founding APN Property Group where his 49 million shares are worth more than $50 million, even after a recent share plunge.

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David Baffsky: Westpac dropped plenty on his various hotel interests in the recession we had to have, but he has bounced back and is a big player in property and still chairs Accor Asia Pacific, the largest hotel manager in the Asia-Pacific. Was a profitable private property player with Wizard founder Mark Bouris in the early 1990s and a wizard tax lawyer with all sorts of interesting clients.

Matt & Stewart Bailey: after selling their sales and marketing company Bailey Group - Australia's largest diversified sales & marketing company, to Proton, the brothers remain in the business and are profiting off Proton's large success, although the stock has tanked recently. Made BRW Young Rich List.

Nick Bain: the Allco Finance Group infrastructure chief owns 11.75 million shares which used to be worth more than $150 million but are now battling to survive.

Theo Baker: founder of IT services company Powerlan which almost died with the dotcom crash, but his profits rose sharply after the float of a software company, Clarity International, of which Powerlan owned a large stake.

Simon Baker: the former CEO of www.realestate.com.au owns 3.5 million shares worth more than $12 million and has made a few private investments such as a $4 million play buying www.artshub.com.au.

Baillieu family: Melbourne property interests and large holdings in mutual trusts, established the wealth of this blue-blood family. Some of their property holdings include Melbourne's most prestigious postcodes. The BRW claims $387 million.


Nick Balagiannis: starting out manufacturing pinball machines, he continued into manufacturing gaming machines, forming his company Olympic Amusements which he sold for $170 million in 1997.

Andrew Banks: he co-founded Morgan & Banks Investments in the 1980s which was then sold. He is a large stakeholder in Talent2 which was floated and has a market cap of almost $200 million. The BRW claims $282 million.

Eric Bana: beginning in comedy, he has branched out to become an accomplished actor with such roles as Chopper and The Incredible Hulk. He is one of Australia's most successful exports to Hollywood and has a wealth north of $15 million.

Anthony Barakat: this former hairdresser turned property developer made a tidy $80 million profit on a group of four Sydney CBD commercial properties he sold in 2007-08 for $127 million.

Fred Barlow: a large grain farmer from Mungindi in NSW who appears on the AWB register as a considerable B class shareholder.

Harry Barrett: Sydney bookie and car dealer who owns large tracts of Lennox Heads, just south of Byron Bay. Car dealerships have a big presence on Parramatta Road and got lots of cred when he took on Kerry Packer at the race track. His miserable demeanour belies a huge wealth.

David Barro: he arrived in Australia from Italy in 1936 as a teenager. Following a building apprenticeship, he began Australia's first pre-mixed concrete business, Prronto. This continued to grow and led to the beginning of the Barro Group. Still involved in construction, his wealth is north of $500 million. The BRW claims $660 million.

David and Peter Bartter: owners of the Steggles brand, the brothers are Australia's second largest poultry producers, putting their wealth at around $250 million. The BRW claims $305 million.

Bill Barry-Cotter: former owner of Gold Coast boat building company Riviera. The guy is even mentioned in boating magazines as "one of Australia's richest men", although that's a bit overblown.

Peter Bartels: then Foster's chairman Nobby Clarke did himself no credit by agreeing to an $8 million payout to Peter Bartels when he refused to sign the accounts in 1992. Outrageously, this was staggered over 5 years so it never showed up as a big lump sum and the market was never told. Also made about $10 million as CEO of Coles Myer but this ended badly as well.

Charles Bass: a non-executive director of Queensland coal miner Aquila Resources who owns 13 million shares worth about more than $170 million. The BRW claims $342 million.

Andrew Bassat: co-founder of Seek.com, Australia's leading online jobs site, who has a share wealth of almost $100 million.

Paul Bassat: co-founded the online employment site Seek.com who has a share wealth of almost $120 million.

Bruce Batchelor: Queensland based founder of A-Mart All Sports, he sold his 70 per cent stake for around $77 million.

Edmund Bateman: the founder and major shareholder of the pathology, health technology and medical centre company, Primary Health Care, who is worth about $400 million courtesy of some large rural interests as well. The BRW claims $458 million.

Peter Batten: of Bannerman Resources, a West Australian exploration and pre-feasibility stage mining company, who has a share wealth of about $15 million.

Rod Baxter: the Consolidated Minerals CEO was paid $1.5 million in 2007 and his 2 million options delivered about $8 million in profit from the recent offshore takeover.

Stephen Baxter: co-founder and executive director of PIPE Networks, a telecommunications provider, whose shares have been strong performers in recent times pushing his wealth north of $30 million.

Julian Beale: chairman of Adacel Techologies, a communications company, since 2003. The former Liberal politician is a director of Visy Industries and former father-in-law to Bill Shorten before the marriage broke down.

Stuart Beattie: is Australia's most successful screenwriter and with the recent Hollywood writers strike, lifted his workload to produce the blockbuster GI Joe in only seven weeks.

Julian Beaumont: spent 24 years with Macquarie Bank, including as head of operations group from 1983 until 1996. The tell tale signs of wealth are the extensive contemporary art collection and various arts gigs. Represents Macquarie on ConnectEast board.

Max Beck: the former carpenter and largest shareholder in Melbourne-based property group Becton, from which he recently retired making his wealth north of $150 million. The BRW claims $330 million but that was before a recent share price plunge.

Eric Beecher: co-founder and largest shareholder Text Media, where he was CEO until 2002. In 2003 he formed Private Media Partners with Diana Gribble and launched The Reader magazine. PMP went on to purchase Crikey of which he is now the proprietor and publisher. Has also invested in other online ventures such as The Eureka Report, Smart Company and Business Spectator.

Ronald Beevor: director of Oz Minerals who owns 3.2 million shares worth about $5 million.

Franco Belgiorno-Nettis: son of an Italian train driver, he arrived in Australia in 1951, joining up with Carl Salteri to form engineering giant Transfield. The two split after the disastrous Transurban construction contract, but Franco's family has prospered as the largest shareholder in a publicly listed Transfield Services. The BRW claims $1.14 billion.


Bell Family: founded Bell Securities 37 years ago and is now a leading Australian based and owned provider of stockbroking, investment and financial advisory services. In 2007, Colin was executive chairman and Lewis and Andrew were executive directors who enjoyed combined salaries of more than $15 million. The salaries were slashed with the recent Bell Financial Group float but the family owns shares worth more than $100 million.

Anthony Bell: runs accounting firm Bell Partners under a corporate model rather than a partnership one, to make his company more flexible. Made BRW Young Rich List.

Richard Bell: founded Reverse Corp in 1998 after working both in Australia and the US. Reverse Corp's expansion to the UK also dramatically expanded their profits, and the company is now looking for other international markets to move into. The BRW claims $137 million.

Jack Bendat: migrating to Australia over 40 years ago, he arrived with ambitions of being a farmer. He soon moved into shopping centres and then later television, radio and wine. Each time, skilfully knowing when to sell out and move on to the next challenge. The charitable owner of the Perth Wildcats basketball team and a large portfolio of listed stocks continue to drive his wealth said to be around $600 million. The BRW claims $606 million.

Angela Bennett: sister of Michael Wright, she is part of the heirs to the huge Hancock-Wright Pilbara iron-ore royalty which delivers about $40 million a year. The BRW claims $1.78 billion.

Dr Ian Bennett: makes the Beach Petroleum top 20 list with 6.88 million shares worth more than $10 million.

Tony Berg: did 19 years with Macquarie Bank, the last nine as managing director before he took the top job at Boral, but failed to deliver. Pocketed about $30 million from the disastrous Grange Securities hospital pass to Lehman Brothers and also spent five years with venture capital firm Gresham Partners.

Clive Berghofer: the former Toowoomba mayor and vociferous opponent of water recycling owns a couple of shopping centres and a substantial land bank worth more than $300 million. The BRW claims $327 million.

Besen family: Marc Besen and John Gandel ran the Sportsgirl and Sussan retail business for 33 years. Now a billionaire famous for his sprawling retail property empire that includes a half share in Highpoint in Melbourne's northern suburbs. Formed the Besen foundation that has interests in health, art and culture. The BRW claims $1.75 billion.

John Beville: a major player in the Sydney retail property market. His family's fortune was based on a chain of jewelery shops developed by his father, Neville, in the 1970s. The BRW claims $397 million.

Michael Bezzina: with beginnings in carpentry, he moved into property development and has flourished as a leading Sydney developer.

Geoffrey Bible: after running Philip Morris Australia, he went on to become the CEO and chairman of their global operations. Was also a director of News Corporation for a decade until the 2004 move to Delaware in the US.

Robert Biddle: has popped up on the top 20 shareholder list of Skilled Group, a national workforce services company, with 5% or 5 million shares worth more than $20 million.

Andre Biet: co-founder and former managing director of the Charter Hall property group who still holds 5.6 million shares worth more than $10 million.

Bishop family: Brisbane-based owners of the Hardy Bros and Wallace Bishop jewellers, plus owns property in spades and plenty of other assets.

Graeme Bignell: been a director of an Adelaide-based car dealer for 20 years but also owns more than $10 million worth of shares in Brisbane-based car dealer AP Eagers.

Anthony Billis: director of Tribune Resources who owns shares worth more than $30 million.

Stephen Bizzell: of Arrow Energy, one of Australia's leading producers of coal seam methane gas, has a share wealth of about $20 million.

Marcus Blackmore: family founded the Blackmores pharmacy chain and retains a stake worth almost $100 million.

Cate Blanchett: actress and co-artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company who owns property in Australia and the United Kingdom. The BRW claims $48 million.

Len Bleasel: After starting out as a humble plumber, the retired AGL CEO collected a very handy $11 million in 2001 and that's before considering superannuation.

Barry and Norman Bloom: with their parents beginning retailing in Melbourne in 1946, the Bloom brothers continued the hard work, building and eventually selling Australia's most successful women's clothing chains, Portmans. Their share wealth is north of $100 million.

Natalie Bloom: runs international company Bloom Cosmetics. It has standalone stores in Asia, to which Bloom Cosmetics exports 70% of products. Made BRW Young Rich List.

Brett Blundy: the founder of the music and lingerie retailer, Brazin, which owns Sanity, Virgin and HMV music stores. He also owns the discount jewelery chain Diva. The BRW claims $316 million.

Brian Blythe: after years as the executive chairman of the diversified services company, Spotless Group, this Melbourne businessman has retired but retains a stake worth more than $40 million.

Andrew Bogut: professional basketballer in the NBA playing with the Milwaukee Bucks. Originally from Melbourne, he moved to the US to play for the University of Utah as a teenager.

Anthony Bohnenn: chairman of Perth based Grange Resources, his share wealth is north of $20 million.

Sam Bombardier: an Italian Australian who by the 1980s had amassed a property portfolio of 135 commercial buildings and about 150 residential homes in Melbourne and Sydney, all of which he owned outright. These days he owns a large part of Brookvale, one of the main secondary industrial areas of Sydney. He lives in Beacon Hill.

Sebastian Bonaccorso: one of Sydney's leading real estate agents and auctioneers who has made plenty clipping the ticket and playing the property game himself.

Alan Bond: infamous WA businessman who after a stint in jail, has again grown his wealth substantially, through property and African mining interests. BRW claims $265 million, but it is presumably much lower with the global credit crunch.


Peter Bond: managing director of Linc Energy has a share wealth of more than $300 million. The BRW claims $352 million.

Shaun Bonett: owns a variety of sites Australia-wide with his property development company, Precision Group. While most of his fortune comes from here, Bonett also co-owns Lenders Direct and invests in the information technology and biotechnology sectors. The BRW claims $340 million.

Chris Bonwick: geologist and managing director of gold and nickel miner Independence Group and has a share wealth of about $30 million.

Martyn Booth: the operations boss of Macquarie Airports owns about $10 million worth of shares in the company, on top of his huge salary from Macquarie Group.

Angelo del Borello: managing director of the Aspen Group, a national property investment and management group, who has a share wealth upwards of $20 million.

John Borshoff: the Paladin Energy CEO has a stake in the uranium miner worth more than $150 million.

Wayne Bos: the former Telstra executive considered a guru of the internet economy and in particular, Sausage Software, although has largely disappeared these days. Sold enough before the dot com bust to remain a wealthy man.

Peter Botten: the Sydney-based CEO of PNG-registered Oilsearch has been earning good dollars since taking the top job in 1993 and collected a tidy $3.35 million in 2007, on top of his shareholding.

Mark Bouris: Sydney based, the founder of Wizard Home Loans has expanded this company into Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America, and sold his founding stake to GE Money, although now seemingly wants to buy it back. Also has large property investments putting his wealth at a figure north of $200 million.. The BRW claims $269 million.


Nick Bowen: managing director of mining contractor Macmahon Holdings and has a share wealth of about $20 million.

Bowness family: recently donated up to $5 million to a campaign to raise $150 million for art acquisitions for the National Gallery of Victoria to help celebrate 150 years in 2011.

Brian Boyd: managing director of Sydney property developer Payce Consolidated who has a share wealth of about $60 million.

Michael Boyd: founder of Sonic Healthcare, he has turned his $4 million investment into a shareholding worth more than $300 million.The BRW claims $360 million.

Tony Brady: founder of the Brady Group - a Melbourne-based high-rise property developer, is planning two 30-level towers for Little Lonsdale St which would add to the other two properties on the same street.

Robert Branchi: director of AHG whose stake is worth more than $40 million.

John Brand: established by his father, he runs Brisbane based Rocklea Spinning Mills which is the largest spinner of cotton in Australia. He also owns a substantial property portfolio which was partly inherited.

Lyn Brazil: a well-known rural investor in Queensland whose biggest pay day was backing wotif.com. Sold 16.6 million shares for $33.2 million into the 2005 float and retains 10 million shares worth more than $40 million.

Howard Brenchley: the property trust researcher and commentator became a player when he joined the board of Melbourne-based APN Property Group in 1998. His 12.6 million shares are now worth more than $10 million.

Peter Brennan: the finance director of Fantastic Furniture owns 10.5 million shares worth more than $18 million.

Andrew Brice: an original investor in Wotif, he recently pledged $12 million worth of shares to the University of Queensland.

Robert Brice: one of the original backers of wotif.com who sold 6.8 million shares into the 2005 float for $13.6 million and retains 40 million shares worth more than $150 million.

Daniel Brickman: a Babcock & Brown executive who owns shares worth more than $10 million and has pocketed big cash bonuses over the years.

Ron Brierley: has a remarkable talent as an investment tactician, which has substantially grown this corporate raider's wealth through IEL, Brierley Investments and latterly GPG.

Alan Brierty: managing director of WA based Brierty, his share wealth is north of $20 million.

Amanda & David Briskin: started accessories business Mimco, which was sold to Gresham Private Equity for $45 million. The company grew by creating a high quality brand, sold in boutiques and in David Jones stores nationwide. Made BRW Young Rich List.

Michael Brogan: has made plenty as a senior executive of the FirstRand Group and chairman of RMB Private Equity.

Malcolm Broomhead: the former Orica CEO picked up 2 million shares at $4.50 a pop when he joined which would now be worth more than $40 million if still held.

Brown family: one of the biggest family-owned wineries remains Brown Brothers in Victoria, which industry experts estimate is worth more than $100 million.

Alex Brown: managing director of Astron, a producer of zirconium chemicals and advanced materials, who has a stake worth more than $50 million.

Andrew and Roger Brown: of Melbourne-based ARB Corporation, Australia's largest manufacturer and distributor of 4x4 accessories, who have a share wealth of more than $50 million.

Bruce and Lyndon Brown: are selling a parcel of Wagyu cattle properties in the Eneabba region between Perth and Geraldton. The asking price of $90 million will compliment their wealth generated by their Cygnet Bay pearling operations.

David Browne: executive chairman of newly listed stockbroker Tolhurst who owns more than $3 million worth of shares in the company, made plenty from his membership of the ASX and is the major shareholder in the Scotchman Hill winery.

Garry Brown-Neaves: director and shareholder of Alcock Brown-Neaves Group (ABN Group) which operates a number of building companies in Perth and in 2008 purchased a magority stake in Victoria's Boutique Homes. Mr Brown-Neaves and his partner Dale Alcock amassed a fortune from WA's property market.

Peter Brown: CEO and 25% shareholder in WA-based ISP provider Westnet, he and his father Colin Brown and his uncle Bernard Brown shared in the spoils of a recent sale to iiNet which raised $81 million in cash.

Robert Maple-Brown: the founder of the funds management group Maple-Brown Abbott which has been a strong and consistent performer for Australian superannuation funds, has a share wealth upwards of $200 million. The BRW claims $212 million.

Robert Brown: deputy-chairman of Perth based Cedar Woods Property, his share wealth is north of $30 million.

Stanley Brown: of Perth based Cedar Woods Property, his share wealth is north of $15 million.

Bernie Brookes: the former Woolworths supermarkets boss turned Myer director has made more than $20 million out of these two retail plays.

Paul Brunner: president and CEO of drilling services company Boart Longyear who made about $80 million from the Macquarie-led private equity play and then float on the ASX.

Robert Bryan: the chair of Queensland Gas owns 22.8 million shares worth more than $120 million, plus a further 28 million shares in Pan Australian Resources which are worth more than $20 million.

Ian Buchhorn: executive director of Heron Resources has a share wealth of more than $20 million.

Len Buckeridge: now a billionaire, he began in architecture designing low cost housing across Perth with blocks of Buckeridge flats. He moved into manufacturing 40 years ago, building up the BGC Group which makes everything it uses for building projects, excluding ceramic tiles and clay bricks. The BRW claims $2.1 billion.

Pat Buckler: Gold Coast resident with significant holdings in residential and industrial property in south-east Queensland, plus a sizable share portfolio.

Ian Buddery: executive chairman of eServGlobal, inventor of smart communication and payment solutions for telecommunications service providers, who has a share wealth of more than $15 million.

Vaughan Bullivant: collected $135 million when his Nature's Own vitamin empire was sold to FH Faulding in 1999, but then ploughed $72 million into Daydream Island which has proved a difficult investment.

Stirling Buntine: owner of large cattle properties in NT and WA worth upward of $300 million. The BRW claims $338 million.

Burger family: arriving from Hungary in 1951, the family owns a substantial portfolio of commercial property in Sydney's CBD worth upwards of $300 million. The BRW claims $342 million.

Graham Burke: the long-serving managing director of Village Roadshow has a share wealth of more than $50 million.

Kim Burke: head of equity markets at Macquarie Bank and has been banking a huge salary for years and is worth more than $50 million.

Burnett family: Queensland cattle family which owned 5% of the original consortium which bought Stanbroke Pastoral from AMP on the cheap for just $490 million and then parlayed some of those profits back into the purchase of the Frankfield property for $40 million.

Alexander Burns: non-executive chairman of Perth based Shield Mining, his share wealth is north of $10 million.

Mark Burrows: a prominent investment banker and professional director for more than 20 years whose $10 million-plus personal fee when selling Fairfax in 1991 got him well up the rankings. Now chairs Lazard Carnegie Wylie, waxing fat off John Wylie's investment banking rainmaking.

Matthew Burrows: CEO of the Denison Group which is expanding in Sydney and Melbourne.

Peter Burrows: his salary for the previous two years, as executive director of Bell Potter Securities, was more than $3.5 million. He also has a current share holding of more than $2 million and made plenty from his ASX membership.

Craig Burton: an executive director of the emerging Mirabella Nickel which is developing the highly prospective Santa Rita nickel mine in Brazil that will come into production in 2009. Owns 6 million shares worth more than $20 million.

Joseph Butter: of Felix Resources, an Australian resources company with a primary focus on coal, has a share wealth of more than $150 million.

Otto Buttula: made his fortune selling Investorweb to the Commonwealth Bank and now owns 20% of the struggling Findlay Securities.

Michael Buxton: co-founded property developer Becton and has also established the property development company MAB Corporation. A big collector of contemporary art. The BRW claims $240 million.

Rhonda Byrne: producer of the hugely successful book and CD The Secret which has made more than $300 million so far.

Terence Byrt: non-executive chairman of Perth based East Energy Resources, his share wealth is north of $30 million.

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Hugh Callaghan: the former Rio Tinto and Xstrata executive is best known as the founder of Riversdale Mining who quit to pursue other interests before the African coal miner really took off but still pocketed almost $10 million from the sale of his 4.5 million shares. Now leading the struggling Tamaya Resources which is expanding its Chilean nickel interests.

Calvert-Jones family: John Calvert-Jones was a stockbroker with Prudential Bache who became honourary Treasurer of the Federal Liberal Party. He married Janet, who is one of the three sisters of Rupert Murdoch, whose wealth grew from the $600 million Rupert paid out to his sisters. They hold an extensive share and property portfolio putting their wealth at a figure north of $300 million. The BRW claims $355 million.

Jan Cameron: the founder of adventure retail chain, Kathmandu, which grew from an apartment to 46 stores in three countries which was eventually sold earning her a figure north of $400 million. The BRW claims $505 million.

Robert Cameron: managing director of Centennial Coal has a share wealth of more than $20 million.

Wallace Cameron: Bruce Mathieson's former controversial offsider made a fortune through the Gribbles pathology business, such that he was able to splash out about $8 million buying the Foster's executive retreat at Mt Macedon. Had a brush with ASIC over his share structuring.

Allan Campbell: chairman and CEO of AJ Lucas Group, an infrastructure specialist, who has a share wealth of more than $30 million.

Grahame Campbell: former engineering executive who is now a non-executive director of Worley Parsons whose 504,579 shares are worth more than $20 million.

Peter Campbell: founder of the house building company Clarendon Homes, which later changed to CPG Australia, he sold for shares in the Investa Property Group, which he quickly converted into cash on the market.

Peter Campbell: education industry veteran who is now a non-executive director of listed education provider Navitas, formerly known as IBT Education. Owns 20 million shares worth more than $30 million.

Robin Campbell: recently donated up to $5 million to a campaign to raise $150 million for art acquisitions for the National Gallery of Victoria to help celebrate 150 years in 2011.

Terry Campbell: the retired JB Were chief executive is thought to be worth close to $100 million after many years on a big package and then the lucrative Goldman Sachs takeover.

Mike Cannon-Brookes: co-founder of software development company Atlassian, it has grown rapidly turning over $44 million in 2007.

Bill Caralis: owner and operator of the 2SM Supernetwork, brings the tally of properties to 34 stations and 33 translators, making BOG the largest independently owned commercial network in NSW and South East Queensland.

Michael Carapiet: head of corporate finance at Macquarie Bank who makes more than $15 million a year and has replaced Nicholas Moore as head of Macquarie Capital. Invests privately with Moore in lots of ventures.

Mark Carnegie: will reportedly pocket $88 million from the sale of boutique corporate adviser and private equity firm Carnegie Wylie to Lazard but has also made plenty investing where John Singleton plays around over the years.

Frank Carr: director of Carrick gold has a share wealth upward of $70 million.

Casella family: focussed mainly on exporting wines to the American market, the family business was founded by Fillipo and Maria Casella with the aim of producing cheap bulk wine. The growth of Casella wine has been a great export success story. The BRW claims $652 million.

Salim Cassim: pops up on a range of WA mining company top 20 shareholder lists such as Grange Resources and Riversdale Mining, where his 1.3 million shares are worth more than $10 million.

Emmanuel and Julie Cassimatis: co-founders of Townsville-based Storm Financial who are thought to be worth more than $50 million, even after the recent global credit crisis.

Giuseppe Catalfamo: the controversial owner of Tasman Meats, the biggest meat supplier to Coles, has just flogged control of his empire to a big Brazilian company after the controversy of kick-backs to the retailer's former supermarkets boss Peter Scott. The BRW claims $230 million.

Chris Catlow: the Fortescue Metals finance director owns 8 million shares worth more than $40 million.

Lyndsey Cattermole: the co-founder of Aspect Computing which finished up in the belly of Telstra through Kaz Computing but delivered more than $50 million to the Foster's director.

Chan family: focused on property in Sydney, the Chans own some of Sydney's busiest shopping centres. Interests in Sydney hotels and other property developments add to the family's fortune estimated to be more than $200 million. The BRW claims $220 million.

Kar Wai Chan and Thomas Tiong: making their name with the turn around of the Brisbane Myer Centre, but also as frustrated mango farmers who have since sold out.

Bruce Chalmers: wine-maker and until recently, owner of Chalmers Vineyards in NSW, his winery has rapidly expanded in recent years from 8ha to 650ha, leading to the recent sale to the Macquarie Group. Bruce will remain on board as a viticulture consultant, but with a rather handsomely expanded bank account to the tune of $50 million.

Michael Chaney: the former CEO of Wesfarmers amassed a fortune in excess of $30 million from his long stint running the company. Now pocketing $1 million a year as chairman of NAB and Woodside Petroleum.

George Chapman: owner of the Skyrail rain forest cable way and the Harbour Lights apartment building in Sydney, he more recently has acquired a stake in the Greyhound bus company.

Jeff Chapman: owner of the property development group the Bennelong Group, which sold a majority stake in the listed healthclub business, Crown Sports. The BRW claims $500 million.

Daniel Chen: heavily involved in the textile industry, his property development has been just as successful.

Bob Cheng: owns 60% of his company EmailCash, an email marketing business. He has branched out internationally to New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Taiwan. Cheng is also the second largest shareholder in Tel.Pacific. Made BRW Young Rich List.

Dr Ralph Child: a former director of Pan Australian Resources who departed in June 2007 with 6.8 million shares which would be worth worth more than $7 million if still retained.

Lucy Christian: pops up on the Futuris top 20 shareholder list with 7.2 million shares worth more than $12 million.

Ray Christie: a large grain farmer from Toobeah in Queensland who has a solid holding of AWB shares.

Joseph Tong Hong Chung: executive director of CMA Corporation, a leading integrated metal recycling group, who has a share wealth of more than $15 million.

Sam Chisholm: made his serious money as CEO of BSkyB but still enjoyed $2 million from PBL in 2005-06 and a termination benefit of $1 million in 2006-07.

Reg Clairs: the former Woolworths CEO was replaced by Roger Corbett in 1998, but if he retained his shareholding he'll be a very wealthy man based on the surging share price.

Adam Clarke: with the failure of one company under his belt, this young entrepreneur continues to develop his appetite for information technology.

David Clarke: co-founder of Macquarie Bank who finally slowed down to become non-executive chairman in 2007 after pocketing more than $70 million in salary and bonuses over the previous 15 years. Still owes the bank more than $20 million on his shares and is also a major investor in Hunter Valley winery assets.

Simon Clausen: an information technology entrepreneur his company PC Tools, which manufactures anti-spyware software, was sold in August 2008 to US-based Symantec for around $170 million. The BRW claims $170 million.

Alastair Clayton: a geologist and non-executive director of Bannerman Resources, an iron-ore wannabe in the Pilbara, who has a share wealth north of $15 million.

Peter Clemenger: the advertising guru recently donated up to $5 million to a campaign to raise $150 million for art acquisitions for the National Gallery of Victoria to help celebrate 150 years in 2011.

Andrew Clifford: co-founder of Platinum Asset Management, his share wealth is still north of $100 million even though Platinum share price has dived.

Leigh Clifford: the former CEO of Rio Tinto collected $4 million in 2006 and $7.5 million in 2007, when he retired from the mining giant, plus has made more than $10 million on his shareholding.

Robert Clifford: founder and chairman of Incat, manufacturer of high speed catamaran ferries in Tasmania, who began building boats for his fisherman father.

William Clinton: made a lot of money from coal mines in the Hunter region many many years ago. "Old Bill" Clinton has handed over to his son "Young Bill" who's running the family farm up near Grafton. The Clinton family's business interests also extend to the Clinton Toyota Group based in Lakemba and his main interests were in the Burrangong area near Camden.

Paul Clitheroe: the Channel Nine finance guy made his fortune when AXA paid a big price for his IPAC advisory business, which boomed during Channel Nine's Money show in the 1990s.

John Cloney: the long-serving QBE chairman who has formed a mighty partnership with CEO Frank O'Halloran over a 30 year period. His share wealth is north of $15 million with almost 635,000 shares.


Bill Clough: non-executive chairman of the emerging Mirabela Nickel which is developing the highly prospective Santa Rita nickel mine in Brazil that will come into production in 2009. Owns 8 million shares worth almost $60 million.

Harold Clough: founder of the Perth construction and engineering company, Clough Limited, he has reduced his interest in the company that made his fortune.

Pierce Cody: the man who ran Cody Outdoor advertising before it was sold to APN News & Media has all the trappings with a Point Piper mansion and a lovely farm.

David Coe: co-founder of the Allco Finance Group, his wealth has steadily grown until recently, with a large downturn in the value of the Allco group. Vaucluse home is worth more than $40 million but might be up for sale to pay off the banks who lent money on his failing Allco investment.

Greg Coffey: with earnings of $US600 million in 2007, he managed to generate a 50% return on investment for the $5 billion hedge fund he controlled for London-based GLG Partners, before leaving to set up his own fund. Beginning his career at the Macquarie Group after leaving university, he left Macquarie to rise to the top of his game and become Australia's youngest billionaire. The BRW claims $335 million.

Gary Cohen: the executive chairman of IBA Health controls shares worth more than $30 million.

Julius Coleman: the Melbourne lawyer who founded property syndicate manager MCS which Centro bought for $193.5 million in 2003.

John Condie: chairman of health insurer MBF, he recently decided to sell to British health insurer BUPA instead of floating, which could be seen as a genius move relative to the current global market downturn. Also made millions from the sale of 2UE to Southern Cross Broadcasting.

Spero Conias: principal businessman with Conias Residential real estate agency but also owns property portfolio which also includes some nightclubs and retail stores.

Gary Connell: successful Kalgoorlie businessman who owns a major fuel distribution business affiliated with BP and sits on the board of mining services company Ausdrill where he has 8.65 million shares worth more than $25 million.

Ian Constable: the co-founder of Perth-based Q-V is professor of ophthalmology at the University of WA and amassed a fortune worth about $50 million developing products for use in eye-surgery.

Murray Cook: founding member of the world famous The Wiggles, most of the wealth is generated from touring and dancing with children globally, regularly earning $45 million annually for the past few years.

Noel Cook: a large grain farmer from Meandarra in Queensland who has a solid holding of AWB shares.

Alasdair Cooke: executive director of Albidon, an Africa-focussed exploration and development company with an emphasis on nickel, who has a share wealth of more than $20 million.

Peter Cook: executive director of Metals X, a diversified group exploring and developing minerals and metals, has a share wealth of more than $25 million.

Robert Cooke: the former Symbion Health CEO reportedly pocketed $14 million when Affinity Health was traded by a private equity consortium and would have pocketed another $10 million from the Healthscope merger before it was blocked by Primary Healthcare, which sent him packing with a much smaller payout.

Trevor Coonan: CEO of Terry Peabody's Transpacific Industries who owns 1.1 million shares directly and has options over another 617,000 which together are worth more than $10 million.

Jim Cooney: sold his wireless telecommunications business TCI to Service Stream for $45 million in 2006.

Michael Coote: founder of Coote Industrial, providers of multi-discipline engineering, maintenance, fabrication, personnel and logistical services, who has a share wealth of more than $50 million.

Michael Coppel: a music promoter for the past 20 years, his company was ranked the fourth biggest concert promoters by Billboard magazine and continues to grow.

Philip Cornish: after selling his telecommunications company Mobile Communications to Vodafone these days he manages a large share and property portfolio. The BRW claims $205 million.

Chris Corrigan: the union-buster made about $100 million building Patrick Stevedores before selling out to Toll Holdings after a hostile takeover battle.

Frank Costa: president of the Geelong Football Club and fruit and vegetable wholesaling mogul. Learning the business from his parent's retail fruit shop in Geelong, he has worked tirelessly as the executive chairman of the Costa Group of companies. The BRW claims $283 million.

Richard Cottee: managing director of Queensland Gas who owns 6.1 million shares worth more than $30 million after a 10-fold surge over the past three years. Formerly helped run Enron's European business.

Alan Cowen: recently donated up to $5 million to a campaign to raise $150 million for art acquisitions for the National Gallery of Victoria to help celebrate 150 years in 2011.

Jack Cowin: his company, Competitive Foods, own 245 Hungry Jack's stores, 46 franchises and over 50 KFC stores in WA and the Northern Territory. The company also own 15 Lone Star restaurants in Ontario, Canada, where he was born. He also brought the Domino's Pizza franchise to Australia, which he floated in 2007. The BRW claims $574 million.

Derek Cowlan: a director of Aquila Resources that owns a share package worth more than $90 million.

Ken Cowley: veteran director of News Corp and owner of the bush clothing and boot manufacturer RM Williams, which be used to own with Rupert's great enemy Kerry Stokes.

David Cox: a former senior executive of Mincom, he pocketed $16.3 million when the mining IT firm was bought out by US private equity house Francisco Partners in 2007.

Laurie Cox: the most senior Macquarie Bank executive in Melbourne is worth close to $100 million courtesy of profitable investments in everything from the Millionaires Factory, to Transurban and Smorgon Steel, the latter two which he also chaired.

Rick Crabb: the chairman of uranium miner Paladin Resources had a holding worth about $40 million before it was sold by the adminstrators of Lift Capital, sparking some legal exchanges.

Crawford family: old Adelaide family who started the CMV group in 1934, which is now a successful truck and car retailer across several states with brands including Toyota, Volvo, Lexus and Chrysler Jeep in the stable. In recent years it has diversified into various agricultural ventures. Annual turnover is more than $500 million.

Mark Creasy: known as Australia's most active private gold prospector and investor, he continues to ride the gold market after the original Bronzewing bonanza. The BRW claims $284 million.

Carolyn Creswell: founder of Carmen's Fine Foods which she bought for $1000 dollars. A rags-to-riches story, her company turns over $16 million annually and her personal wealth is around $20 million.

Neville Crichton: a former racing car driver, he added the Australian distribution rights of Korean car manufacturer KIA in 2000 to his company Ateco Holdings which already distributed Citroen and Alfa Romeo.

Cripps family: has the worldwide franchise for Velcro and is known to be exceedingly generous to Australian and international charities, donating most of its annual corporate earnings. The family owns about 90% of the stock, plus has numerous other investments.

Stephen Crook: former head of cross-border leasing and asset finance at Macquarie Bank who amassed a pile north of $30 million from his time with the Millionaires Factory.

Russell Crowe: when you're getting $20-$30 million per movie, it doesn't take long to be worth plenty, although he's not enjoying the losses on South Sydney.

Chris Cuffe: collected that notorious $33 million farewell payout when he left the Commonwealth Bank in 2002 but did create a lot of value over the years for Colonial.

John Cunningham: listed in the top 20 as owning 960,000 shares in Fortescue Metals worth more than $90 million.

Graeme Cureton: A GPG executive director for many years who was paid 1.78 million pounds in 2007.

Charles Curran: he established his fortune by purchasing several television stations in the 1980s. His Capital Investment Group has interests in a television production house Screentime, sheep and horse studs, plus a winery. The BRW claims $264 million.

David Curran: one of the key decision makers for the CBA in their IT area is also a former partner of, and large shareholder in, Accenture with a share wealth north of $5 million.

Nicholas Curtis: chief executive of "rare earth' miner Lynas Corporation whose stake is worth more than $30 million.

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Suzi Dafnis: co-founder of Pow Wow Events International, a publishing and events management company, which was sold in 2006. Made BRW Young Rich List.

Doug Daft: once a school teacher, he began working at the Sydney office of Coca-Cola in 1969 and rose to be global CEO out of Atlanta.

Dahlsen family: originally owned about 20% of Southern Cross Broadcasting and, unlike the other founders, didn't sell until the Macquarie Media/Fairfax takeover in 2007. The $30 million-plus stake was spread across several family members, but chairman John Dahlsen was in the top 20 shareholders. Then you have the family's growing hardware and roof truss business across Victoria and NSW.

Tony D'Aloisio: booted out as ASX CEO with a $7.8 million payout, now the chairman of ASIC and worth more than $10 million.

Evelyn Danos: executive director of the James Richardson Corporation which was founded by her wealthy father, David Mandie.

Darling family: Scottish migrant John Darling made his fortune as a wheat grower in the 1850s who then invested heavily in BHP. This family has a history of sound investing, including owning 28% of boutique investment manager, the Caledonia Group. The BRW claims $575 million.

David family: starting in food wholesaling out of Sydney, John David spent 60 years building his business, and then selling to South Africa's Metro Cash and Carry. Davids Holding and Davids distribution changed names to Metcash and IGA Distribution in May 2000. The BRW claims $279 million.

Roger Davies: the richest man in the Australian music industry who has managed the likes of Cher, Tina Turner, Joe Cocker, Sade and Pink. His first big earner was Sherbert but Cher's never-ending farewell tour alone would have made him a wealthy man based on the usual 20% management fee.

Richard Davis: the CEO of death services company Invocare owns 1.3 million shares worth about $10 million and is paid $1.3 million a year.

Terry Davis: group managing director and executive director of Coca Cola Amatil has a share wealth upward of $5 million and also made more than $10 million from his stake in the Cellarmaster business which Foster's bought.

Tony Davis: having acquired the Limbunya cattle station for $1 million in 1996, he has since added 20,000 cattle. Tony and his wife Pam are selling the large Northern Territory land holding, with bids expected to reach as much as $40 million.

Trent Davis: founder of IT company NetBox Blue, it has steadily grown since inception which has pushed his wealth to more than $70 million.

Seamus Dawes: major shareholder and executive of the Ashmore Group, and holds a property portfolio in Sydney's pricey beachfront suburb of Bronte. BRW claims $145 million.

Doug and Chris Daws: the father and son team that were behind what is now called Poseidon Nickel have departed the company but retain 11.7 million shares which have been valued as high as $35 million in 2007.

De Bortoli family: founded by Italian immigrant, Vittorio, in 1928 near Griffith in NSW. The wine empire has steadily grown expanding into nearly 2500 hectares the Yarra Valley and King Valley in Victoria.

Adrian de Bruin: founder of forestry company Auspine who collected $114 million from the sale of his 30.3 per cent stake to Gunns in 2007-08.



Robert De Crespigny: made about $100 million building and then selling Normandy Mining but has been something of a lost soul ever since.

Colin De lutis: the Westco Jeans founder who owns CBD properties, is great mates with Eddie McGuire, bought the Bradmill denim mill in Melbourne and even tried to become a director of the Carlton Football Club.

David Deitz: executive director of Allegiance Mining sold his shares into the Zinifex takeover for $14.9 million.

David Devine: the managing director of Brisbane-based property developer has built a fortune of around $30 million, even though engineering behemoth Leighton has now bought in as the largest shareholder.

Ron Dewhurst: the former managing director of ANZ McCaughan made some serious millions running money in New York, then bought a Steve Vizard mansion in Toorak for more than $5 million in cash and then made another pile running IOOF for three years before taking up his current global gig with Legg Mason.

Caren DeWitt: co-founder of software company Webmethods which provides managerial support to non-profit organisations in the US.

Peter Diamond: executive chairman of Perth-based stockbroker Euroz, his share wealth is north of $10 million.

Phillip Di Bella: behind Di Bella coffee, he supplies machines and maintains them in over 800 cafes Australia wide. Additionally he also sells retail coffee and is looking to expand into China. Worth more than $20 million.

Gordon Dickinson: successful UBS investment banker turned rural investor who even bought Malcolm Fraser's old property Raheen.

Jason Di Iulio: founded Finance Mutual Australia which is one of South Australia's biggest non-bank lenders and was responsible for co-ordinating the syndicate behind the funding for the highly successful Wolf Creek.

Adrian Di Marco: founder of Technology One, providers of business software solutions, who owns 70.38 million shares which are worth almost $100 million.

Nick Dimauro: owner of the Angaet Property Group he recently purchased Parabanks shopping centre for $87.5 million to add to the stable of other commercial properties across Australia.


Collette Dinnigan: her distinctive garments and designs has catapulted her to be one of the world's most recognised fashion labels.

Steve Di Petta: a Shepparton-based flamboyant account with a substantial private and commercial property portfolio. His accounting firm has over 4500 clients and is behind discount supermarket brand Pantry direct.

Anthony Di Pietro: is joining the Sovereign Hotels Group board and receiving a major interest in the company that has an estimated worth of $100 million with a mix of freeholds and leaseholds of pubs across Melbourne, most of which rely on pokies for profits.

Robert Disbrow: of Perth based Albidon, his share wealth is around $20 million.

Daryl Dixon: pops up in the top 20 shareholders of Australian United Investment Company with 556,875 shares which are worth more than $5 million and also runs a super admin business with Max Walsh that copped some bad publicity from its exposure to Lift Capital.

Geoff Dixon: former CEO of Qantas whose pay topped $12 million in 2007-08, despite his regular moaning about union wage demands.

Dixson family: own a large property portfolio and a valuable stake in the Soul Pattison Group. BRW claims $126 million.


Hugh Dixson: this Sydney businessman's wealth is largely focussed on shares. His family, after migrating from Scotland in the 1830s, built their wealth through tobacco farms which were later sold to Rothmans.

Ross Dobinson: the executive chairman of pharmaceutical company Acrux Ltd owns 10.79 million shares worth more than $10 million.

Ronald Dodge: sold his home in Toorak for $10 million and owns distributor of airport luggage samsonite. Moreover, he owns Point Property Group, a chain of car washes, interests in theatre and extensive collection of modern art.

Cameron Donald: beginning as a teenager selling used cars he had worked on, he now owns the Donald Property Group.

Ken Done: becoming one of Australia's foremost painters, his fortune holds at $8 million but is fighting the Commonwealth bank claiming it would be $61.5 million but for their mismanagement.

Michael Doohan: the former motorcycle great manages the 500cc Honda motorcycle racing team and owns property in Queensland and Monaco.

John Doran: the Roc Oil CEO has a growing share wealth in the company of more than $9 million.

Andrew Downe: head of treasury and commodities at Macquarie Bank who earns more than $10 million a year.

Hamish Douglass: made plenty as the former boss of Deutsche Bank in Australia but hasn't done so well out of the struggling Magellan Financial Group.

Craig Doyle: managing director of the Doyle Group. Residential and industrial property development grew his wealth after selling out of the livestock trucking business he initially established. The BRW claims $270 million.

Peter Draney: the co-founder of Aspect Computing who collected more than $50 million when the business was sold to Kaz Computing in 2002.

David and Paul Duchen: this father and son team have ridden the generic pharmaceuticals boom with the establishment of Arrow Pharmaceuticals, which later merged with Sigma.

Travers Duncan: chairman of coal miner Felix Resources, he is estimated to be worth more than $500 million from riding the back of increasing coal demand. The BRW claims $991 million.

Craig Dunn: the new AMP CEO already owns more than $3 million worth of shares and was paid $2.7 million in 2007, which will rise significantly in 2008 as the top banana.

Ian Dunstan: group CEO and managing director of Bravura Solutions, a leading global supplier of superannuation and pension, life insurance, investment and portfolio administration software, has a share wealth of more than $30 million.

Dyer family: the decendents of Nick and Tony Dyer have collectively owned the licence to manufacturer Sealy mattresses and house brand bedding in Australia for more than 60 years. The family owns all Sealy manufacturing plant and equipment and buildings in most Australian states as well as extensive property holdings in Brisbane. Now also have the licence in China.

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Michael Eager: director of Oz Minerals whose 2.1 million shares are now only worth about $4 million.

Trevor Eastwood: joined Wesfarmers in 1963 and rose to be managing director for eight years until 1992. Rejoined the board in 1994 and was chairman from 2002 until 2007, when he retired with 878,694 shares worth more than $30 million.

Steven Eckowitz: an investor in Everest Babcock & Brown, he recently sold his home in the ritzy eastern suburbs of Sydney for a reported $20 million.

Kim Edwards: spent 10 years as managing director of Transurban which delivered more than $20 million. Was paid $3.8 million in his final year and left with a shareholding worth more than $10 million.

Alan Eggers: appears on the Silex Systems register with a handy 10.86 million shares worth more than $40 million.

Bob Ell: with his home on Sydney Harbour, this skillful property trader and developer has survived all that has endured the property market since 1976. The BRW claims $1.07 billion.

Tracey Ellery and Evan Thornley: co-founder of internet search engine LookSmart who were paper billionaires for 15 minutes and now struggle along with less than $100 million as Evan pursues a political career.

Herb Elliott: the Olympic champion made about $30 million on his shares that came with the chairmanship of emerging iron-ore powerhouse Fortescue Metals, although the Opes Prime collapse cost him part of this.

Patrick Elliott: non-executive director of SA-based Sapex petroleum, he recently pocketed around $5 million in cash and shares from the sell-out to Linc Energy.

Chris Ellis: a career coal man, he and his partner Tony Haggarty drove Excel Coal from obscurity into the $2 billion Peabody takeover. The BRW claims $221 million.

Chris Ellison: has benefited greatly from the boom in coal, and in particular the float of Excel Coal. The BRW claims $251 million.

Dale Elphinstone: owns the Tasmanian and Victorian Caterpillar franchise, plus a very tidy 77 million shares in Queensland Gas which are worth more than $400 million. The BRW claims $565 million.

Josef El-Raghy: managing director of mining company Centamin Egypt, he has a share wealth of more than $100 million.

Rob Elstone: the CEO of the Australian Stock Exchange, his wealth has grown significantly largely due to the lucrative monopoly that is the ASX and the $10 million-plus he collected through the SFE Corp takeover.

Derek and Christine Elwin: own 1.15% of the Wayne Goss-chaired mining engineering company Ausenco which is worth more than $10 million.

Les Erdi: his Erdigroup owns and operates nine hotels in Australia and has recently purchased the Marque Hotel for $18.25 million.

Margaret Erskine: has 1 million shares in listed investment company Djerriwarrh which are worth $5.3 million so presume there is probably a bigger portfolio and plenty of other assets.

Ed Eshuys: Joe Gutnick's former top geologist is now CEO of St Barbara Mines where his stake is worth more than $10 million.

Mark Etherington: after starting a career as a carpenter, Etherington moved into the property developing business with hotels in Canberra, a wide portfolio of residential and commercial sites, and runs ECS Group, a building and maintenance company. Made BRW Young Rich List.

Andrea Evans: her husband Ron Evans passed away in 2007. His legacy lives on and her wealth is estimated at a figure upwards of $100 million.

Paul Evans: despite a bad year for his company, Ironbridge Capital, Evans has managed to become richer through the investment in Riviera Group, a leisure craft builder, and his expensive property portfolio. Made BRW Young Rich List.

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Ahmed Fahour: the Australasian CEO of the National Australia Bank is among the highest paid executives in Australia and also collected plenty through an earlier career with Citigroup.

Fairfax family: lost control of the family media empire when Warwick Fairfax privatised it in 1987, but brothers John B Fairfax and Timothy Fairfax are now back as the largest shareholder in Fairfax Media after the Rural Press takeover in 2007. The BRW claims $1.32 billion.

George Falkiner: still owns about 60,000 acres of land, much carrying valuable cotton crops, in the Warren-Nyngan area of NSW. Inherited the Haddon Rig Merino Stud at Warren in NSW when his father died.

Nick Falloon: the Network Ten executive chair has made more than $30 million out of PBL and Network Ten courtesy of his fat salary and lucrative options scheme. He timed his Ten sales particularly well before the slump.

James Fantaci: the long-time Babcock & Brown executive director owns shares worth more than $10 million, with marginal gearing.

Richard Farleigh: living in Monaco, the son of a farmer, he began his wealth building working at the Reserve Bank and then Bankers Trust for ten years. Was then headhunted by a Bermuda Hedge fund which is where he made enough money after three years to retire.

Scott Farquhar: co-founder of software development company Atlassion, it has grown rapidly turning over $44 million in 2007.

Farrell family: taking over the Federal Group hotel chain in 1969, Greg Farrell senior renamed it Federal Hotels & Resorts. Since, the business has grown into the largest private sector employer in Tasmania and has a monopoly over the gaming industry there. The BRW claims $356 million.

Peter Farrell: the driving force behind ResMed, a company that sell devices for sleeping disorders. Additionally, he own an impressive collection of Australian art.

Jeff Fatt: the oldest member of The Wiggles, he was once member of 1980s rock band The Cockroaches and has regular earnings of $45 million, mainly from touring.

Rob Ferguson: the former Bankers Trust Australia boss walked out with $23 million when the business was sold in 1999 and these days is executive chairman of litigation funder IMF.

Terrence Fern: managing director and CEO of Petsec Energy has a share wealth of more than $15 million.

George Fernandes: worth more than $200 million thanks to a large portfolio of industrial land in Sydney's western suburbs and a very expensive house overlooking the naval dockyards around Potts Point.

Paul Fiani: following a stint at UBS as a fund manager, he founded Integrity Investment Management that has more than $700 million under management which has contributed the bulk of his wealth of around $24 million.

Anthony Field: founding member of The Wiggles, most of the wealth from touring has delivered regular earnings of $45 million.

Michael Figg: Sydney-based private investor who paid $20.85 million for 55 Swanston St in 2003. He then sub-divided and sold the three ground-floor shops for $15 million and has continued to divide the 10 levels of office space above.

Adrian Fini: long-time WA property developer who merged his business with Mirvac and now runs the Perth division of the company whilst owning 8.78 million shares worth more than $30 million.

Alan and Elizabeth Finkel: biotech entrepreneurs who made plenty building companies like Axon Instruments.

Fitzgibbon family: sold two Brisbane hotels in January 2006 for $65 million to Cairns plumber-turned pubs mogul Tom Hedley.

Barry Fitzpatrick: served as CEO of Adelaide Bank for 21 years and received an $8.3 million retirement payout on top of his salary and share profits when he finally bailed in 2006.

Kevin Fitzpatrick: one of the original backers of wotif.com who sold 36.8 million shares into the 2005 float for $73 million and retains 10 million shares worth more than $40 million.

Mike Fitzpatrick: the Rhodes Scholar, AFL President, Rio Tinto director and Carlton Premiership captain collected about $75 million for the second half of his stake in infrastructure group Hastings Funds Management on 1 July, 2005. The first half was sold for $36 million in 2002. Also made more than $10 million from the Pacific Hydro takeover.

Brian Flannery: coal miner Felix Resources is booming on the back of Chinese demand and this director's stake is now worth more than $500 million. The BRW claims $221 million. The BRW claims $991 million.

Fleming family: Jim Fleming built the family fortune through his supermarket chain but the interests now extend to retail property in Queensland and the massive Eliza Stud in Victoria, which feeds his passion for thoroughbreds. The BRW claims $350 million.

John Fletcher: despite doing an awful job as Coles CEO, the former army man profited to the turn of almost $50 million from his 6 years in charge and that came after enjoying a $7 million final payout from Brambles after new chairman Don Argus forced him out.

Roger Fletcher: he owns Australia's biggest sheep-meat processor, Fletchers International out of Dubbo, NSW. The BRW claims $218 million.

John Ellice-Flint: the ousted Santos CEO owns shares worth more than $50 million courtesy of a lucrative options play which was not originally put to shareholders.

Nathan Berkley & Jim Flynn: owners of Derwent Howard, a publishing company, which is now moving into the online games market with their website, gameplayer.com.au. Made BRW Young Rich List.

Brett Fogarty: this Perth-based entrepreneur built his initial fortune in gold before expanding into rubbish, construction and engineering.


Joan Ford: wealthy Queensland family which is realising a substantial fortune from land holdings on the Sunshine Coast such as Pelican Waters.

Andrew Forrest: the Perth entrepreneur is now arguably Australia's richest man through his 30% stake in Fortescue Metals Group and is rapidly heading toward a wealth of $10 billion, although we reckon Gina Reinhart might be worth more than this given her vast Rio Tinto joint venture potential through the Hope Downs deposits. The BRW claims $9.41 billion but Fortescue shares have since tanked.

Rodney Forrester: managing director of Queensland developer FKP from 1987 until 2003. Remains a non-executive director and owns 5.8 million shares worth more than $15 million.

David Forsyth: former company secretary of Oxiana Resources would be worth almost $10 million if still retained 3.7 million shares in Oz Minerals after the Zinifex merger.

John Forsyth: his franchise book selling business, Dymocks, was founded by his great uncle in 1881. Valuable real estate holdings drive his wealth which is supplemented by a mango and macadamia nut growing business.

Henry Foster: owner of the North Australian Pastoral Company which is the country's fourth largest private property empire by size.

William Foster: along with his brother, he is one of Australia's largest cattle producers with an average herd size of 140,000.

Ken Fowlie: executive director of Slater & Gordon has a share wealth of more than $20 million.

Lindsay Fox: billionaire who started with one truck and eventually took out rival Mayne Nickless. Purchased Avalon and Essendon airports for peanuts and his 10% stake in the Bank of Queensland has been another astute investment. The BRW claims $1.87 billion.

Kelli Fox: co-founded website, astrology.com, in 1995, which was sold just 8 years later for $28 million. She now runs The Astrologer, which sends content through mobile phones and other websites. Made BRW Young Rich List.

Morry Fraid and Ruben Freid: the majority of their fortune was built through control of the Spotlight chain, which isn't known for paying its workers well. The BRW claims $695 million.

Matt Franich: starting with a lemonade stall when he was five, he once owned 25% of a business that owned five Nightowl Stores.

Erich Fraunschiel: made plenty as Wesfarmers finance director for the 10 years until 2002 and now a professional director, including with Worley Parsons, where his 164,852 shares are worth about $6 million and Woodside, where his 52,702 shares are worth $2.5 million. Retired from the WA News board rather than risk being voted off by Kerry Stokes at the 2008 AGM.

Mark Frawley: owned 9.21 million MFS shares before resigning on May 15, 2006. If he sold, everything is fine but if he retained them during this credit crunch, times will be getting tough with MFS out of business.

Malcolm Freake and family: started software company Huon Corporation in 1986 and collected about $100 million in 2001 when it was sold to UK company, the Innovation Group.

Laurence Freedman: the co-founder of fund manager Equitilink sold out to a Scottish firm for more than $100 million a few years back. Also made heaps as a partner of the consortium that bought Network Ten out of receivership in 1992. The BRW claims $252 million.

Max Fremder: a co-founder of chemical giant Nufarm, Max has made plenty from his 15% stake in Select Harvests which is pushing to become the world's largest almond grower. He is chairman and owns 5.77 million shares worth more than $20 million.

Paul Fridman: founder of property development company Fridcorp, he has bulit the company from nothing to about $500 million in developments. His wealth is close to $40 million.

Tab Fried: first leapt into the public eye after losing money on lippy queen Poppy King, but has a large property portfolio including a one-third interest in the giant Eureka Tower at Southgate in Melbourne, arguably the largest residential tower in the world.

Gordon Fu: he is Australia's largest private owner of shopping centres, all within south-east Queensland. The BRW claims $845 million.

Cedric Fuchs: co-founder and funds management boss of the Charter Hall property group who holds 5.5 million shares worth more than $10 million.

Fysh family: another Tattersall's estate with $72 million worth of shares at the time of the float, plus the tens of millions in distributions over the past decade.

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Neil Gamble: is a director of Engin Ltd, Australia's leading VOIP provider and Chairman of Ryarc Media, a leading supplier of digital signage software. Made plenty as CEO of Australis Media, Star City Casino and Solution 6.

Peter Gammell: the long-time private CEO for the Kerry Stokes empire is himself a quiet, effective, tough Scottish bean counter. With impeccable breeding and super connections, the only personal bauble visible to the human eye is a winery in Margaret River called Wildwood. Thought to be worth more than $100 million after spear-heading the Stokes empire, especially those Caterpillar franchises, for a decade.

Jack Gance: originally owner of Le Tan sunscreen, which he sold in 1991, has more recently developed the My Chemist pharmacy chain.

John Gandel: following the arrival of his family from Poland, they opened a corsetry store in Collins Street. The business expanded into the retail chain Sussan which was sold in 1985. Now specialises on retail property, with his biggest asset a 50% stake in Melbourne's enormous Chadstone shopping centre. The BRW claims $3.21 billion.

Gange family: Astoria Taxis and then Embassy Cabs quickly became several hundred cab licences, hotels and other property. Alf Gange and his brother Kevin, known as Oil Can, are the principals. Forbears first got into the taxi business in the 1890s, but retain a very low profile empire.

Bob Gavranich: general manager of Mineral Resources who has a share wealth of more than $40 million.

John Gay: the bull-headed Gunns executive chairman has a shareholding worth more than $20 million courtesy of his Tasmanian tree-slaughtering operation.

Gazal family: Lebanese immigrant, Joseph Gazal founded the family business, The Gazal Corporation, making pyjamas and men's shirts. The heavyweights in their stable of clothing brands include Mambo, Calvin Klein, Van Heusen, Nautica, Lovable and Davenport. The family, led by David and Michael, still has more than $30 million invested in the public company.

Rob Gerard: chairman and managing director of the Gerard Corporation, it was established after the sale of family's share in the Clipsal electrical goods business, which has interests in Mistral, agriculture and property. BRW claims $447 million.

Diana Gibson: grand-daughter of Sir William Angliss, she inherited his wealth, but has made most of her money from property investment.

Andrew Barlow & Adrian Giles: entrepreneurs looking to invest in new companies after the sale of their successful web traffic measuring business Hitwise for $228 million. Made BRW Young Rich List.

Stephen Gill: of Perth based Tribune Resources, his share wealth is almost $30 million.

Nick Giorgetta: chairman of Equigold who has a stake worth more than $60 million.

Brett Godfrey: the Virgin Blue CEO has made more than $30 million from his time running the airline.

David Gold: sold Azure Wireless, a wireless internet company he co-owned, to MagiNet Interactive. He has invested in start-up tech plays such as Aconex, Redbubble, homeXchange and Cableman, but is best remembered for the dstore fiasco. Made BRW Young Rich List.

David Goldberger and David Wieland: long time business partners and neighbours in Toorak, their fortune came from the Solo petrol station chain which was sold in 1989. Not long after, they started another venture, Liberty Oil, which is Australia's only major independent petrol retailer. To supplement their growing wealth is the growing popularity of the chain of DFO stores, especially at airports. The BRW claims $610 million.

Jim Goldburg: with a large property portfolio through CKG Properties, this Brisbane businessman and former finance director of Flight Centre, still has a large interest in the huge travel agency chain. The BRW claims $235 million.

Dr Colin Goldschmidt: managing director of Silex Systems who owns 2.82 million shares that are worth more than $12 million.

Michael Goldsworthy: owns 6.4 million shares in Silex Systems, a high technology innovation company, which are worth more than $20 million.

David Gonski: similar to Graeme Samuel in that he is a lawyer who made millions from investment banking and then moved his focus to community affairs such as chairing the Australia Council, NIDA and the Art Gallery of NSW. However, he owns several businesses in his own right, still sits on a powerhouse of boards such as Coca-Cola Amatil, Westfield and ASX and also made tens of million through Investec, the investment bank he has chaired since 2002.

Charles Goode: the former Woodside and current ANZ chairman owns 781,261 shares in Australian United Investment Company which are worth more than $6 million.

Goodman family: a Sydney family who own or manage a massive global industrial property portfolio through Goodman International. Despite the ignominy of a recent $300 million sell-down due to the credit crisis, Greg Goodman still tells journalists they are billionaires but this looks doubtful. The BRW claims $1.30 billion.

George Gorrow & Dan Single: founded Ksubi, a fashion label, which plans to expand internationally. They also provide designs under the name of Alba Fan Club for Jeanswest. Made BRW Young Rich List.

Bruce Gordon: beginning with the purchase of the Television Wollongong Transmissions in 1979, Bruce Gordon founded the regional media empire of WIN Corporation. Billionaire Bruce also owns substantial stakes in other media businesses including the Ten Network. The BRW claims $1.68 billion.

Michael Gordon: after selling out of child-care company Peppercorn, shrewd investments of his private investment company Bydand continue to