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REVEALED: WA’s best-paid execs and how much they take home

FULL LIST: Our compilation of WA’s best-paid bosses is a who’s who of the rich, famous and more than a few quiet achievers. See the 99 who made more than $1m and how much they were paid. Is your boss on there?

Sean Smith

Rich ListCommentsPremiumRinehart’s Hancock cements title of biggest private business

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting remains by far Australia’s biggest private company after boosting revenue almost 4 per cent last financial year.

Daniel Newell

Rich ListPremiumThe West Aussies who make up the nation’s 10 richest people

Gina Rinehart has poured another $3.2 billion on top of her already ginormous bank balance to cement her place as Australia’s wealthiest person. See who else made the list ...

Daniel Newell

Rich ListCommentsNicola Forrest gets rich list win over ‘Twiggy’ after split

A year on from their separation, Nicola Forrest has trumped her mining magnate husband Andrew Forrest to lead a fresh crop of billionaires to enter Australia’s annual rich list.

Georgina Noack

MiningCommentsPremiumClive Palmer pockets $440m in royalties in quieter year

New accounts show that the combative billionaire is also eyeing a new chopper for his personal fleet.

Sean Smith

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Goyder remains upbeat as net worth crashes

Plunging critical mineral prices have pushed Tim Goyder well and truly out of the three comma club, although the WA mining stalwart remains as resolute as ever. 

Adrian Rauso

Revving upPremiumEscalante backs new Ferrari racing team in WA

The gaming billionaire’s family office and Aspire Racing are entering the State’s only racing team in a the pro-am 2024 Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia.

Sean Smith

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EXPLAINER: What Gina’s bid for Liontown really means

The billionaire’s Hancock Prospecting could be trying to leverage a side deal out of US bidder and battery chemicals giant Albemarle.

Sean Smith

paydayPremiumNicola Forrest to pocket $50m FMG dividend

The payout is the first since last month’s announcement of her split from husband Andrew Forrest.

Sean Smith

Booming demandPremiumMader hits record high on smashed guidance

The mining vehicle maintenance business can barely keep up with demand for its diesel mechanics.

Sean Smith

Cha-ching!VideoCommentsPremiumThe West Aussies who made the list of nation’s 200 richest

Four West Australians worth a combined $83.9 billion have been named among the top 10 richest people in the country. Here’s the other home-grown success stories who featured in the top 200.

Daniel Newell

Who made the cut?VideoCommentsPremiumThe West Aussies who made the list of nation’s 250 richest

Four West Australians worth a combined $84.1 billion have been named among the top 20 richest people in the country. Here’s the other home-grown success stories who featured in the top 250.

Daniel Newell

Royalty windfallVideoPremiumJust another year as Clive Palmer pockets $800m from WA

The combative billionaire is banking nearly $1 billion a year thanks to WA’s iron ore deposits.

Sean Smith

Gaming windfallVideoPremiumVGW profit dips, but Escalante to bank another $44m

The social gaming company recorded a lower first-half profit, but revenues leapt past $2.2b.

Sean Smith

Feuding billionairesPremiumMike Cannon-Brookes strikes $65m deal for Sun Cable

Mike Cannon-Brookes has won an early victory in his bid to regain control of Sun Cable, with administrators opting to accept his interim funding proposal over an alternative offer lobbed by Andrew Forrest.

Sean Smith

Billionaires bust-upCommentsPremiumMike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest exchange blows

Both billionaires are interested in re-investing in the huge $35 billion Sun Cable clean energy project, but are at odds over who can build it better.

Sean Smith

Bumper profitCommentsPremiumHancock Prospecting returns $5.8b profit for Rinehart

The result is down from the previous year’s record $7.3b profit on the back of weaker iron ore prices.

Sean Smith

Oresome CommentsPremiumRoy Hill adds $2.3 billion to Gina Rinehart’s fortune

The iron ore miner’s payout to the WA billionaire means she has now pocketed $2.5b in mining dividends for this year alone.

Sean Smith

Record wealthCommentsPremiumPerkins, Rinehart build on top-10 spots in 2022 rich list

Canva founders Melanie Perkins and husband Cliff Obrecht have solidified their spots among the list of Australia’s 10 wealthiest people, despite the tech-sell off and a tumbling Nasdaq hurting their fortunes.

Caitlin Paroczai

Monster fortunesPremiumREVEALED: Perth entrepreneurs making Australia’s rich list

The couple, who met while studying at the University of Western Australia and founded a business now worth $55 billion, have placed top ten in the list of Australia’s wealthiest people.

Daniel Newell

More ore CommentsPremiumHancock Prospecting pursues new mines on Rinehart station

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart wants to expand her iron ore empire with two new mines on the family’s Mulga Downs pastoral station in the Pilbara.

Sean Smith

Powering upCommentsPremiumMark Creasy’s stake in IGO cracks $1 billion

Australia’s best known prospector is the biggest shareholder in IGO, which has added nearly 50 per cent in value over the past three months.

Sean Smith

Pay windfallPremiumBeament among ASX’s top 10 super CEO earners

The former Northern Star Resources chief earned nearly $32m in 2019-20, thanks to share rewards granted three years earlier. SEE WHO MADE THE TOP 10

Sean Smith

Money, money, moneyPremiumWA represents in national top-200 rich list

WHO MADE THE LIST?: Tech, property and resource richest have put some big homegrown names among prestigious company.

Daniel Newell