Gretel Packer

Gretel Lees Packer AM (born August 1965[5]) is an Australian billionaire investor and philanthropist.[6]

Gretel Packer

AM
BornAugust 1965 (age 55)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupation
Known forPacker family
Net worth
Spouse(s)
  • Nick Barham
    ​
    (div. 1999)​
    [3]
  • Shane Murray
    ​
    ​
    (m. 2005; div. 2007)​
    [4]
Children3[3]
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[5] in 2015 with her brother, James, she inherited investments in Crown Resorts, and other companies.[7]

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,[8] 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.[9]

Personal life

Packer had two children to her first husband, Nick Barham, whom she divorced in 1999;[3] and one child to her second husband, Shane Murray, whom she married in late 2005 and divorced in 2007.[4]

Net worth

In May 2019, Packer's net worth was assessed as A$1.16 billion by the Financial Review Rich List, the eightieth richest Australian.[10] Forbes Asia magazine assessed Packer's net worth at US$1.6 billion in January 2019, the twenty-sixth richest Australian.[1]

Year Financial Review
Rich List		 Forbes
Australia's 50 Richest
Rank Net worth (A$) Rank Net worth (US$)
2017[11][12][13]
2018[14] 61 $1.26 billion
2019[10][1] 80 $1.16 billion 26 $1.60 billion
2020[2] 56 $1.77 billion
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References
  1. "2019 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. January 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  2. 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.
  3. Sharp, Annette (10 August 2013). "Gretel Packer steps out with her boys". Daily Telegraph. Australia. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  4. "Baby boy for Gretel Packer". The Sydney Morning Herald. AAP. 29 January 2006. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
  5. Hornery, Andrew (5 June 2020). "Gretel Packer packs artistic punch with philanthropic ways". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  6. Albert, Jane (2 May 2019). "The 5 wealthy women who championed Sydney Modern". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  7. Kitney, Damon (12 October 2018). "The ties that bind". The Australian. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  8. "Gretel Packer". Forbes. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  9. "Art Gallery of NSW Board of Trustees". About us. Art Gallery of New South Wales. n.d. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  10. Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  11. Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2017). "Financial Review Rich List 2017". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  12. Mayne, Stephen (26 May 2017). "Mayne's take: The top 25 Australian billionaires, as claimed by Fairfax". Crikey. Private Media. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  13. "Australia's Richest 2017: Country's Wealthiest Continue Mining For Dollars". Forbes Asia. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  14. Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2018). "2018 AFR Rich List: Who are Australia's richest people?". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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