Article by James Wagstaff, Alex Sinnott and Tallis Miles, courtesy of AgJournal.
30.08.2025
Gina Rinehart
Hancock Prospecting/Hancock Agriculture
Australia’s Richest Person Gina Rinehart makes the power-list cut not only for her dominance in mining but for her fast-growing agricultural and apparel interests.
Executive chair of Hancock Prospecting, she oversees the nation’s largest private resources company, the success of which has fuelled major investments beyond iron ore, including stakes in lithium producers Azure Minerals and Liontown Resources, commercial property acquisitions and the purchase of iconic Australian brands Driza-Bone and Rossi Boots.
Rinehart is also one of the country’s largest private landholders through her majority ownership of S.Kidman & Co and Hancock Agriculture.
In 2025 alone, her companies have spent more than $180 million acquiring about 22,000 hectares of prime grazing country in NSW.
Adam Giles
S. Kidman & Co
The former chief minister of the Northern Territory, Adam Giles now serves as Gina Rinehart’s agricultural lieutenant, leading her two enterprises to now be worth more than $2 billion.
S. Kidman & Co, a historic Australian cattle company, has dramatically reshaped its landholdings in recent years, offloading 10 iconic outback stations, covering a combined 6.7 million hectares and marking a shift in strategy.
Giles has led this charge with Kidman recently making its first property acquisition for 20 years with the purchase of 7000-hectare Jindabyne station north of Inverell NSW, which was quickly followed by a $75 million deal for the 5003-hectare Wirribilla, near Walcha.
