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The Rinehart Family Net Worth in 2026, and Who Inherits

Updated 29 Oct 2026
$25.1bn
Gina Rinehart · Forbes, 29 Oct 2026

Forbes puts Gina Rinehart, 72, at $25.1bn. Her four children are equal beneficiaries of a trust that owns 23.45% of Hancock Prospecting, and Forbes values each at $1.9bn. The rest is still their mother’s.

Trust’s stake
23.45% of Hancock ProspectingForbes
Beneficiaries
Four children, equallyForbes

Timeline

  1. Their grandfather, Lang Hancock, sets up a trust with the four as equal beneficiaries. Forbes

  2. Gina Rinehart becomes executive chairwoman of Hancock Prospecting. Forbes

  3. Bianca Rinehart replaces her mother as trustee of the Hope Margaret Hancock Trust. Forbes

  4. Hancock Prospecting and SQM complete the $1.1bn purchase of Azure Minerals. Forbes

  5. A court rules that the Hope Downs iron ore interests at issue belong to Hancock Prospecting. ABC News

Changelog · last reviewed 29 Oct 2026
  1. Became a standing file.