Gretel Packer
Gretel Packer | |
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| Born | August 1965 (age 59) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
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| Known for | Packer family |
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| Children | 3[1] |
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Gretel Lees Packer AM (born August 1965[3]) is an Australian billionaire investor and philanthropist.[4]
Packer is the daughter of Kerry Packer AC, a media mogul, and his wife, Roslyn Packer AC. She is the granddaughter of Sir Frank Packer. Following the death of her father and an estimated A$1.2 billion settlement[3] in 2015 with her brother, James, she inherited investments in Crown Resorts, and other companies.[5]
Her philanthropic interests include a broad range of community activities and charities aligned to the arts, education, and environmental science. Packer is Vice-President of the Board of Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales,[6] Chair of the Advisory Board of Crown Resorts Foundation, Chair of the Packer Family Foundation, Chair of The Sydney Theatre Company Foundation, and a Founding Patron of the Taronga Zoo Conservation Science Initiative and a Founding Governor of the Taronga Zoo Foundation. She has previously served as a Director of the Royal Hospital for Women Foundation and as a Council Member of the Royal Botanic Gardens Foundation.[7]
Personal life
Packer had two children to her first husband, Nick Barham, whom she divorced in 1999;[1] and one child to her second husband, Shane Murray, whom she married in late 2005 and divorced in 2007.[2]
Net worth
As of May 2023, Packer's net worth was assessed as A$2.09 billion by the Financial Review Rich List.[8] Forbes Asia magazine assessed Packer's net worth at US$1.6 billion in January 2019.[9]
| Year | Financial Review Rich List |
Forbes Australia's 50 Richest | ||
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| Rank | Net worth (A$) | Rank | Net worth (US$) | |
| 2017[10][11][12] | ||||
| 2018[13] | 61 
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$1.26 billion
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| 2019[14][9] | 80 
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$1.16 billion
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26
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$1.60 billion |
| 2020[15] | 56
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$1.77 billion
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| 2021[16] | 50
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$2.30 billion
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| 2022 | 56
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$2.00 billion
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| 2023[8] | 61
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$2.09 billion
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References
- ^ a b c Sharp, Annette (10 August 2013). "Gretel Packer steps out with her boys". Daily Telegraph. Australia. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Baby boy for Gretel Packer". The Sydney Morning Herald. AAP. 29 January 2006. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
- ^ a b Hornery, Andrew (5 June 2020). "Gretel Packer packs artistic punch with philanthropic ways". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ Albert, Jane (2 May 2019). "The 5 wealthy women who championed Sydney Modern". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ Kitney, Damon (12 October 2018). "The ties that bind". The Australian. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ "Gretel Packer". Forbes. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ "Art Gallery of NSW Board of Trustees". About us. Art Gallery of New South Wales. n.d. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ a b Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (26 May 2023). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ a b "2019 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. January 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2017). "Financial Review Rich List 2017". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ Mayne, Stephen (26 May 2017). "Mayne's take: The top 25 Australian billionaires, as claimed by Fairfax". Crikey. Private Media. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "Australia's Richest 2017: Country's Wealthiest Continue Mining For Dollars". Forbes Asia. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2018). "2018 AFR Rich List: Who are Australia's richest people?". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (30 October 2020). "The full list: Australia's wealthiest 200 revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (27 May 2021). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 28 May 2021.