The
Financial Review Rich List was first published in 1984 as the
BRW Rich 100, with an entry point of 10 million, that profiled 144 people and 20 families. In 2008 it was the first time in more than 20 years that
Kerry or
James Packer had not headed the list.
Andrew Forrest was listed as the richest person in Australia, with a net worth estimated at 9.41 billion, with James Packer listed third with 6.1 billion. In 2009 Pratt was top of the list with 4.3 billion. In 2010, the founder of
Westfield, Frank Lowy, who has appeared on the list every year, was Australia's richest individual with an assessed personal net worth of 5.04 billion. due to Murdoch becoming a
naturalised US citizen in 1985, he was excluded from the list. The
BRW Rich Families List was first published annually between 2008 and 2015. In every year of its publication the
Smorgon family has headed the list, with estimated wealth of 2.74 billion in 2015 spread across seven branches of the family. In 2015 the list comprised fifty families with an entry point of 302 million. The families list has not been published in hard copy or online since 2015. On 4 March 2016, Fairfax Media announced the closure of the
BRW website, and redirected the site to a new section of the
Australian Financial Review. Rich lists are now published in
The Australian Financial Review Magazine and in 2017 were rebranded as the
Financial Review Rich List. The
Financial Review Rich List is one list in a series of lists published by the
Financial Review and/or were previously published by the
BRW. Other lists included: • the BRW Rich series; covering
BRW Executive Rich,
BRW Young Rich, and
BRW Rich Summer • the BRW Fast list series; covering
BRW Fast Starters,
BRW Fast Franchises, and
BRW Fast 100 • the BRW Top list series; covering
Top 1000 Companies,
Top 50 Entertainers, and
Top 500 Private Companies == Lists by year ==