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Shemara Wikramanayake steps down as Macquarie CEO

Wendy McCarthy’s quiet campaign to fund next-gen rebel women

Xero’s CTO resigns in second leadership departure this month

Australia's Real Time Rich List: Top 50 Billionaires Ranked

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Life

What Australia’s cocktail lovers are actually drinking (according to the experts)

Louvre Gallery reopens 9 months after infamous heist—but no jewels on display (Photos)

The Rolex Cosmograph Daytona "Rainbow" sold for $612,000 through First State Auctions, the most expensive watch ever auctioned in Australia. Image: First State Auctions

Mystery tech founder’s Rolex just broke Australia’s watch auction record

Australia’s top 10 most expensive property sales (July, 2026)

‘The Odyssey’ becomes Christopher Nolan’s biggest global box office opening ever

These World Cup stars didn’t get the trophy—but won big on social media

Issue 23

Swipe right: Meet the self-made billionaire trying to fix how the world gets hired

The $500 million offer Lorna Jane refused – and the $28 million ‘bargain’ that followed

This former elite swimmer built a $300 million property empire in six years

Inside this $2 billion founder’s bid to reinvent advertising with AI

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Where I’m putting the money: Qiao Ma

Meet the sisters reshaping one of Australia’s fastest rising wine brands

Billionaires

Mark Zuckerberg overtakes Michael Dell as 5th richest amid Dell selloff

Alphabet rally boosts Google cofounder fortunes by $15 billion

How Bending Spoons built a $18.4 billion empire by buying internet has-beens like AOL

AI data centres are set to electrify this $13 billion family’s 76-year-old company

Taylor Swift ans Travis Kelce are engaged.

Everything we know about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding extravaganza

The top 10 richest people in the world (July 2026)

Australia’s Richest People

57 Billionaires in Australia· $243.2B Combined Wealth· $53B Total Wealth of Women Billionaires· 13 Made Their Fortune in Mining· Biggest Gainer (24 hrs): Andrew Forrest, +$41.3M· Biggest Loser (24 hrs): Scott Farquhar, -$246.6M· Youngest Billionaire: Ed Craven, 30· Oldest Billionaire: Frank Lowy, 95· Richest Australian: Gina Rinehart, $25.0B· 57 Billionaires in Australia· $243.2B Combined Wealth· $53B Total Wealth of Women Billionaires· 13 Made Their Fortune in Mining· Biggest Gainer (24 hrs): Andrew Forrest, +$41.3M· Biggest Loser (24 hrs): Scott Farquhar, -$246.6M· Youngest Billionaire: Ed Craven, 30· Oldest Billionaire: Frank Lowy, 95· Richest Australian: Gina Rinehart, $25.0B