Kerry Stokes

$7.67B

$185.9M (-2.4%)

as of 03/31/25

About Kerry Stokes

Kerry Stokes took a winding path en route to earning a fortune with his SGH (formerly Seven Group Holdings), which has media, construction and mining assets.

He started his career selling Caterpillar tractors and trucks in Australia and eventually China, before moving into media with Seven Group.

In 2021 he retired as chairman of Seven Group Holdings.

In 2024, SGH acquired ASX-listed concrete and asphalt maker Boral for A$4.4 billion.

His son Ryan Stokes is the CEO and managing director of SGH.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Australia

Source of wealth

Construction equipment, media

Residence

Perth, Australia

Marital status

Married

Birth date

09/13/40 (age 84)

Number of children

Self-made

self-made

Kerry Stokes’s fortune is worth

128K

troy ounces of gold

118K

median U.S. household

77K

median U.S. income

0.153%

U.S. credit card volume

0.031%

GDP of the United States

0.023%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Early in his life his mother gave him up for adoption, and he later dropped out of school at age 14.