The surprising new billionaires who made it onto Australia's Rich List after getting a helping hand from A-list celebs Hailey Bieber and Paris Hilton

By CANDACE SUTTON, SENIOR NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 02:38, 3 April 2026 | Updated: 02:38, 3 April 2026 Australia's 2026 Rich List has all the usual suspects - the Packers, the Rineharts, the Forrests, and the founders of software company Atlassian and Chemist Warehouse.  But there are some new names on the list this year, including White Fox fashion label founders Daniel and Georgia Contos, whose fortunes have soared ever since celebrities like Paris Hilton, Khloe Kardashian and Hailey Bieber were spotted wearing the brand.  The pair boast a combined $1.42billion, having surged in their fortunes since their young teen White Fox fashion brand was launched in 2013. The couple has cannily used social media influencers to turbocharge their brand, with Kim Kardashian's appearance in a White Fox dress sending sales through the roof, and making an influencer program a key sales strategy. In 2024, they made the Financial Review Young Rich List worth $200m, after surging 100 per cent year-on-year. They are ranked at 128 and 129 in the 2026 list.  The list of 250 compiled by The Australian Business Network includes a top ten with a combined wealth of just under $210billion, with Gina Rinehart still Australia's richest person with a $41.66billion fortune from her Hancock Prospecting empire. In second and third place are Meriton construction boss Harry Triguboff with $34.1billion and Visy cardboard manufacturer Anthony Pratt with $30.05billion.  Clive Palmer sits in fourth place with $22.44billion from his Mineralogy exploration company, just beating the Canva design software company co-founders, Cliff Obrecht and Melanie Perkins, who share $18.33billion.  White Fox fashion label founders Daniel and Geogia Contos, whose fortunes have rocketed up the charts ever since people like Kim Kardashian and Emily Ratajkowski began wearing their hoodies, made it with a combined worth of $1.42billion Paris Hilton is pictured in a neon pink blazer dress from Whitefox Boutique in 2022 Hailey Bieber is pictured wearing a white lace bralet from the Australian fashion label in 2020 Rinehart's four children - John Hancock, Bianca and Ginia Rinehart and Hope Rinehart Welker, are just outside the top 50 with a combined wealth of $3.26billion.  Fellow WA mining magnate Nicola Forrest is in seventh place with $17.96billion from Tattarang Capital, just pipping her ex-husband Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest, who is eighth with $16.72billion from Fortescue Metals. Media mogul turned mining and energy services investor Kerry Stokes sits at tenth place with a fortune of $13.55billion.  Atlassian co-founders Scott Farquhar with $11.87billion and Mike Cannon-Brookes with $11.76billion are in 12th and 13th place, followed by Westfield founder Frank Lowy with $11.42billion and Chemist Warehouse brothers, Jack and Sam Gance with a combined $10.19billion.  James Packer is the 27th richest Australian, with Consolidate Press Holdings worth $5.25billion, while his sister Gretel sits at number 102 with $1.72billion via the Packer Family Foundation.  News Corp chairman Lachlan Murdoch is 38th with $4.3billion, while his half-sister Prudence McLeod, worth $2.41billion via her environmental foundation Macdoch is Australia's 71st richest. Several women not as prominent as Rinehart but who got rich from WA mining assets feature on the list such as reclusive iron ore heiress Angela Bennett who owns AMB Holdings and is in 21st place with $6.63billion. VOC group's Alexander Burt and Leonie Baldock, daughters of the late iron ore prospector Michael Wright, are worth a combined $4.76billion.      Khloe Kardashian wears the $49.95 'Unapologetic' bustier top from Australian fashion label White Fox Boutique in an Instagram photo shared on May 23, 2020 Justin Hemmes, pictured with his girlfriend Madeline Holtznagel at the 31st birthday party for his company Merivale, has a fortune of $1.85b and is nujmber 92 on the rich list Cardboard and packaging heir Anthony Pratt (pictured with Kylie Minogue at his recent multimillion dollar party in Melbourne) is Australia's third richest person, worth $30.05billion Harvey Norman boss Gerry Harvey has $3.97billion while Lovisa jewellery founder Brett Blundy is worth $3.65billion.  Mecca cosmetics founders Jo Horgan and Peter Wetenhall are worth a combined $2.13billion.  Hoteliers Arthur Laundy and family are worth $1.85billion, the same as Justin Hemmes' Merivale group and just make it into the top 100, ranked at 91 and 92. Also new on the list are Dan and Will Roberts, co-founders of the AI data centres IREN. The brothers are worth just under a billion, at $972million. Also sitting in this bracket on a combined $853million are the fashion brand owners, sisters Nicky and Simone Zimmermann.  The founders of the El Jannah chain of charcoal chicken outlets, Andre and Carole Estephan together are worth $800million are are ranked at 236 and 237. Bing Lee owners Yenda Lee and family are worth $781million and are Australia's 242nd richest. The poorest person at 250 on the bottom of the list is e-commerce technology company Rokt founder, Bruce Buchanan, with $750million.  No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. 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