Canva's Melanie Perkins & Cliff Obrecht top Financial Review's 2024 Young Rich Listers
Margot Robbie has become Australia’s richest entertainer under 40, with a wealth pile of $191 million.
Canva co-founders Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht have topped the Financial Review 2024 Young Rich List for the fifth year in a row with an estimated net worth of $14 billion.
The couple, aged 37 and 38 respectively, have gained $1 billion in a year and have a $9 billion lead on the next Young Rich Lister, Ed Craven, the co-founder of online cryptocurrency casino site stake.com who has a wealth of $4.8 billion.
The full Financial Review Young Rich List will be available tomorrow, Friday, 25 October on afr.com and in a special edition of The Australian Financial Review Magazine.
In his last year of qualifying for the Young Rich List, Sam Prince, the 40-year-old founder of Mexican restaurant chain Zambrero, lifted his wealth to $1.8 billion, up from $1.6 billion last year, retaining the #3 spot.
In fourth spot, and making their debut in the top five, are brothers Robbie and James Ferguson with $1.7 billion combined. Their wealth has leapt 50 per cent thanks to the increasing value of their IMX cryptocurrency tokens.
Airwallex co-founder Jack Zhang rounds out the top five, with an estimated wealth of $1.3 billion, down from $1.4 billion. Other billionaires aged 40 and under include LMCT+’s Adrian Portelli, Huno Group’s Robert Chamberlain and Afterpay’s Nick Molnar.
Margot Robbie has become Australia’s richest entertainer under 40, with a wealth pile of $191 million, up from $152 million last year to come in at #31.
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Australia’s wealthiest Young Rich sport star is once again basketball star Ben Simmons, worth $244 million (#20) followed by F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo, who despite having a horror season on the track that ended with him retiring from the sport, managed to increase his wealth by $20 million to $187 million (#32).
The Financial Review Young Rich List 2024 Highlights:
Top 10 (worth a collective $28.9 billion)
1 Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht, 37 & 38, $14 billion – Canva
2 Ed Craven, 29, $4.8 billion - Stake.com
3 Sam Prince, 40, $1.8 billion – Zambrero,
4 Robbie and James Ferguson, Immutable
5 Jack Zhang, 39, $1.3 billion - Airwallex
6 Adrian Portelli, 35, $1.3 billion - LMCT+
7 Robert Chamberlain, 40, $1.2 billion - Huno Group
8 Nicholas Molnar, 33, $1.1 billion – Afterpay
9 Jacob Dai, 40, $898 million - Airwallex
10 Max Li, 40, $716 million - Airwallex
Entertainment
1. Margot Robbie, 34, $191 million – Actress (#31)
2. Kevin Parker (Tame Impala), 38, $40 million – Musician (#99)
3. Vance Joy (James Keogh), 36, $38 million – Musician (#100)
Sport
1. Ben Simmons, 28, $244 million (#20) – Basketballer
2. Daniel Ricciardo, 35, $187 million (#32) – F1 driver
3. Cameron Smith, 32, $151 million (#38) – Golfer
4. Jason Day, 35, $148 million (#39) – Golfer
5. Andrew Bogut, 39, $120 million (#47) – Retired basketballer
