Gina Rinehart

Executive Chairman, Hancock Prospecting
$29.19B
$66.1M (-0.2%)
as of 02/07/25

About Gina Rinehart

Australia's richest citizen, Gina Rinehart built her wealth on iron ore.

The daughter of iron ore explorer Lang Hancock, Rinehart rebuilt her late father's financially distressed company, Hancock Prospecting, becoming executive chairwoman in 1992.

Hancock's biggest asset is the Roy Hill mining project, which started shipments to Asia in 2015.

Rinehart has made significant investments into rare earth minerals and the gas sector. She's also Australia's second-largest cattle producer, with a portfolio of properties across the country.

In May 2024, Hancock Prospecting and Chilean mineral company SQM completed the $1.1 billion acquisition of lithium outfit Azure Minerals in western Australia.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Australia

Source of wealth

Mining

Residence

Australia

Marital status

Widowed

Birth date

02/09/54 (age 70)

Number of children

4

Self-made

inherited and growing

Gina Rinehart’s fortune is worth

487K

troy ounces of gold

449K

median U.S. household

292K

median U.S. income

0.584%

U.S. credit card volume

0.117%

GDP of the United States

0.086%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Rinehart has been locked in a prolonged legal battle with her children, John and Bianca, over their family trust.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

ASX | LKO-AU

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