Andrew Forrest

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Andrew Forrest

John Andrew Henry Forrest AO (born 1961 in Perth ) is an Australian entrepreneur .

Forrest studied Politics and Economics at the University of Western Australia . He holds significant stakes in the mining company Fortescue Metals Group , which he temporarily ran. According to the 2019 Financial Review Rich List, Forrest is among the 10 richest Australians. Forrest has assets of approximately 7.99 billion Australian dollars (equivalent to approximately 5.4 billion US $ as of 2019). He is married and has three children.

He has joined The Giving Pledge charity .

During the 2019/2020 bushfires in Australia , Forrest repeated his unsubstantiated claim that the fires were primarily due to the pollution of the forests by combustible material and arson, with climate change only playing a minor role. Science “still has a long way to go”. He called on donors to finance his foundation, with which "new climate research" secured in scientific peer review should be carried out. His fundraising goal would be A $ 500 million, to which he contributed A $ 50 million for building resilience to natural disasters.

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  1. ↑ abc.net: Andrew Forrest stands down as Fortescue CEO
  2. ^ Rich List ( English ) The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  3. ↑ Andrew Forrest. In: Forbes Magazine . Retrieved July 27, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Andrew Forrest says fuel loads, not climate change, are the primary cause of bushfires. In: The Sydney Morning Herald of January 23, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Forrest, Andrew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Forrest, John Andrew Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Perth