The top 10 richest people in Australia for 2025
Australia's top 10 wealthiest people have a collective bank balance of $243 billion – a 10 per cent leap from this time last year, despite the ongoing cost of living crisis impacting everyday Aussies.
While mining magnate Gina Rinehart's net worth sank by 4 per cent in the past year, the tech titans of the country made up for it with soaring fortunes.
The Forbes top 50 list for 2025 saw some new entrants this year, including the addition of a lone millionaire after the minimum cut-off was slightly lowered to $975 million instead of $1 billion.
Read through to see the top 10 richest Australians.
6. Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht
Canva co-founders Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht are Australia's ultimate tech power couple – and they have a combined net worth of $11.5 billion.
The company which makes graphic design software was founded in 2013 and it has an estimated value of $48.7 billion after a secondary share sale in November 2024.
4. Scott Farquhar
Sydney software mogul Scott Farquhar is the co-founder of Atlassian, used by over 300,000 customers worldwide.
Atlassian has generated Farquhar a personal net worth of $17.9 billion in 2025, making him the fourth richest person in Australia this year.
His fortune has been steadily climbing since 2015, when he was worth $1.1 billion.
3. Mike Cannon-Brookes
Farquhar's friend, business partner and fellow Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes is worth only slightly more with a $18.3 billion fortune.
He pipped Farquhar at the post to rank third in the top 10 list.
2. Harry Triguboff
Property developer Harry Triguboff is the second richest person Australia and the country's richest man as of 2025.
Owner of Meriton, the real estate magnate is worth $18.8 billion.
Nicknamed 'High Rise Harry', Triguboff was among the first people in Australia to see the real estate development potential of apartment buildings.
1. Gina Rinehart
Gina Rinehart has remained at the top spot on the Forbes rich list once again in 2025.
Though her fortune dropped by 4 per cent this year, Rinehart is still worth a mammoth $29 billion.
She is Australia's richest person by far thanks to her iron ore company Hancock Prospecting.
Forbes reports Rinehart's biggest asset is the Roy Hill Mining Project.
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