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Gretel Packer

Summary

Gretel Lees Packer AM (born August 1965[3]) is an Australian billionaire investor and philanthropist.[4]

Gretel Packer

AM
BornAugust 1965 (age 58)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupations
Known forPacker family
Spouses
  • Nick Barham
    ​
    (div. 1999)​
    [1]
  • Shane Murray
    ​
    ​
    (m. 2005; div. 2007)​
    [2]
Children3[1]
Parents
Relatives

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 edit

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 edit

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
Rank Net worth (A$) Rank Net worth (US$)
2017[10][11][12]
2018[13] 61   $1.26 billion  
2019[14][9] 80   $1.16 billion   26   $1.60 billion
2020[15] 56   $1.77 billion  
2021[16] 50   $2.30 billion  
2022 56   $2.00 billion  
2023[8] 61   $2.09 billion  
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References edit

  1. ^ a b c Sharp, Annette (10 August 2013). "Gretel Packer steps out with her boys". Daily Telegraph. Australia. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Baby boy for Gretel Packer". The Sydney Morning Herald. AAP. 29 January 2006. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
  3. ^ a b Hornery, Andrew (5 June 2020). "Gretel Packer packs artistic punch with philanthropic ways". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  4. ^ Albert, Jane (2 May 2019). "The 5 wealthy women who championed Sydney Modern". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  5. ^ Kitney, Damon (12 October 2018). "The ties that bind". The Australian. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Gretel Packer". Forbes. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Art Gallery of NSW Board of Trustees". About us. Art Gallery of New South Wales. n.d. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  8. ^ a b Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (26 May 2023). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  9. ^ a b "2019 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. January 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  10. ^ Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2017). "Financial Review Rich List 2017". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  11. ^ Mayne, Stephen (26 May 2017). "Mayne's take: The top 25 Australian billionaires, as claimed by Fairfax". Crikey. Private Media. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  12. ^ "Australia's Richest 2017: Country's Wealthiest Continue Mining For Dollars". Forbes Asia. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  13. ^ Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2018). "2018 AFR Rich List: Who are Australia's richest people?". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  14. ^ Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (27 May 2021). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 28 May 2021.