Rinehart become the richest woman in the world
已有 146 次阅读 2012-06-02 11:22 标签: published Business personal becomeAustralia's richest person Gina Rinehart has eclipsed Wal-Mart heiress
Christy Walton to become the world's wealthiest woman, according to an annual
index by Business Review Weekly.
A preview of the respected BRW Rich 200
list, published Wednesday, put the mining tycoon's personal fortune at Aus$29.17
billion (US$28.48 billion), a figure that sees her outstrip Walton for the first
time.
In March, Forbes placed Walton and her family's net worth at US$25.3
billion, while Rinehart's fortune stood at US$18 billion.
BRW rich list
editor Andrew Heathcote said mining magnate Rinehart had almost tripled her
wealth in 12 months as commodity prices rose and she pulled off two deals in
iron ore and coal.
"The Aus$18.87 billion increase in her wealth is
unparalleled. It is a product of foreign investment in new projects, increased
production and a recovery in theball mill price over the
past six months," said Heathcote.
Rinehart, 58, heiress to an iron ore
prospecting empire built in Australia's resources-rich west, is a controversial
figure who stridently campaigned against new mining taxes and recently bought up
big in the media sector.
She is also locked in a series of lawsuits,
including an acrimonious row with her own children over a family trust where she
has been accused of threatening to financially ruin them.
Heathcote said
Rinehart was on track to overtake Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim
— worth US$69 billion — as the world's richest person as demand ramps up for
Australia's natural resources.
"A $100 billion fortune is not out of the
question for Rinehart if the resources boom continues unabated," said
Heathcote.
"There is a real possibility that Rinehart will become not just
the richest woman in the world but the richest person in the world."
The full
BRW list of Australia's richest people, the upper rungs of which are usually
dominated by mining tycoons, will be unveiled on Thursday.
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