Gina Rinehart

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Gina Rinehart (2015)

Georgina Hope Gina Rinehart (* 9. February 1954 in St John's, Perth , Western Australia as Gina Hope Hancock ) is an Australian mining - entrepreneur .

Life

Gina Rinehart was born in Western Australia , the daughter of Lang Hancock , and studied in Sydney . In 1983 she married the New York lawyer Frank Rinehart in Las Vegas and took his last name. Frank was more than twice Gina when he married.

After her father's death in 1992, she inherited his company, Hancock Prospecting .

In the 1990s, she attracted public attention after years of trial against her stepmother Rose Porteous. Rinehart demanded that her surrender property worth 26 million euros and suspected her of murdering Lang Hancock. Peter Foss, then Justice Minister in Western Australia , initially rejected an autopsy of Hancock's body. Filipino witnesses emerged to support Rinehart's suspicions. The autopsy revealed that Hancock had died of natural causes. A little later it became known that Rinehart's witnesses had received money for their testimony.

Rinehart is in a financial dispute with three of her four children. According to Hancock's request, a trust that held a quarter of the shares in Hancock Prospecting should be transferred to the four siblings on September 9, 2011. Shortly before the appointment, Rinehart asked her children to agree to an extension of the trust's term until 2068. The three older children then sued in court to have Rinehart deposed as agent of the trust. In October 2013 she resigned from the office.

In 2011, Rinehart was considered the richest Australian woman. Since May 2012 she has been considered the richest woman in the world, overtaking Christy Walton . Her net worth is more than 22 billion Australian dollars , which equates to approximately 14.6 billion euros. The Forbes magazine put it in 2013 at number 16 of the 100 most powerful women list worldwide, in 2015 it reached yet Place 37th

Political commitment

Gina Rinehart avoids the public; insofar as it expresses itself politically, it represents very conservative and economically liberal views. So wrote on August 29, 2012 in a column in Australian Resources and Investment magazine : Anyone who is jealous of wealthy people should "not sit around and complain", but rather "spend less time drinking, smoking, meeting people and working more". At the same time, she called for a lowering of the minimum wage with simultaneous tax cuts for the rich. That would bring more employment. Because of these statements, she is heavily criticized.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lauren Quaintance: The man who came between Gina and her father. In: The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved December 28, 2015 .
  2. ↑ a b Alina Fichter: Die Eisenlady. Die Zeit , September 13, 2012, pp. 21–22. On-line
  3. ↑ Australia's 40 Richest, 2011. In: Forbes. Retrieved December 28, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Gina Rinehart tops BRW Rich 200 list. In: news.com.au. Retrieved December 28, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Georgina Rinehart. Forbes, archived from the original on July 3, 2013 ; accessed on December 28, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Gina Rinehart. In: Forbes. Retrieved December 28, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Richest woman in the world mocks the poor . Hamburger Morgenpost, August 30, 2012, accessed on August 31, 2012
  8. ↑ David Lazarus: World's richest woman says poor should have less fun, work harder . Los Angeles Times, August 30, 2012, accessed September 1, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Rinehart, Gina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hancock, Gina; Hayward, Gina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH St John's, Perth, Western Australia