Gina Rinehart

Gina Rinehart is an Australian business tycoon who has made her fortune in the mining industry. She heads Hancock Prospecting, a company she developed after inheriting from her father, Lang Hancock. She is considered to be the richest person in Australia & the richest woman in the world. Generally reclusive, Mrs Rinehart became more public and outspoken in 2010 when the then federal Labor government sought to bring in a mining tax. Soon after that she took significant stakes in Ten Network Holdings, the owner of Channel 10, and Fairfax Media, a major publisher and broadcaster. She is on the board of Ten but failed in a bid to become a director of Fairfax. She has started the foundation Australians for Northern Development and Economic Vision and until recently she was also involved with anti-slavery and human exploitation group SISHA on its expert advisory board.