Gina Rinehart

Australian mining billionaire, the richest woman in the world

High iron ore prices and rising exports to China have boosted the fortune of Gina Rinehart up $7 billion to $9 billion making her Australia's richest person and Asia's second richest woman. But it was domestic issues that put her back in the headlines. A new "super-tax" proposed by the Australian Government on iron ore and coal triggered a sharp reaction by the normally reclusive Rinehart who, in one cameo performance, mounted a flatbed truck with fellow iron ore billionaire, Andrew Forrest, to chant anti-tax slogans. That performance was followed by a surprise purchase of a 10% stake in a television network, perhaps to further her crusade against the mining tax. Recipient of a family-owned and evergreen royalty from iron ore sold by the Hamersley unit of Anglo-Australian mining giant, Rio Tinto, Rinehart is expanding her fortune via direct interests in mining, initially iron ore, but with coal likely to come if a trial mine performs as expected. 9 February 1954

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Board Memberships

Roy Hill Holdings Iron Ore Mining Company

• Chairman

Australians for Northern Development & Economic Vision (ANDEV) Australia | pro-mining lobby group

• Chair

Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd Leading mining corporation based in Western Australia

• Executive Chairman

Positions

AmCham Australia American Chamber of Commerce in Australia

• Chair, Council of Governors, Western Australia (Sep '20→?)

Hope Margaret Hancock Trust Rinehart family trust

• Trustee ('88→Oct '13)

Donations

Institute of Public Affairs Australian neoliberal/libertarian think tank

• Donor · 4,500,000 USD

Mannkal Economic Education Foundation far right not-for-profit organisation

• Donor

Holdings

Liontown Resources Ltd

• Owner ('23→?); percent stake: 20%

Family

Simon Robinson Australia | Former Special Forces ADF | Mr Robinson was a member of the small army hired to protect Ms Ginia Rinehart.

• son-in-law

Ginia Rinehart The youngest child of Australian mining mogul Gina Rinehart. Together with her three siblings, she is the beneficiary of a trust that owns a substantial stake in mining giant Hancock Prospecting.

• daughter

John Hancock Australian business person, son of Gina Rinehart

• son

Bianca Rinehart Oldest daughter of Australian mining billionaire Georgina Rinehart

• daughter

Lang Hancock Australian mining magnate

• father

Hope Welker

• daughter

Services & Transactions

Barnaby Joyce Leader of the National Party | Federal member for New England

• a client · 40,000 USD ('17→?)