Forbes Asia — December 2017

Australia’s Richest: College-Dropout-Turned-Billionaire Nigel Austin’s Fashion Empire

Billionaire Anthony Pratt Goes All in on Donald Trump

Australia’s Wealthiest Continue Mining for Dollars

A New Hoverboard That Won’t Explode

Australian Gambling Tycoon James Packer Trying to Climb Back From the Abyss

Estranged Wife Has Her Own Coff ee King in Vietnam

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READERS SAY

THE INTEREST GRAPH

Our Australia list dominated the web hits:

“We will not

let third-party

factories

manufacture our

boards again.”

“I understand the

market so well,

and I want to

develop the local

coff ee industry.”

15,167 page views

4,

5,

4,

6,

3,

“I remember

from 8 or 9 years

old that I always

wanted to be in

retail.”

OUR LIST OF Australia’s 50 rich-

est (November, p. 76) elicited this

snark from pedestrian.tv.com’s

Cam Tyeson: “In news that I’m

absolutely sure is going to please

each and every one of you, Gina

Rinehart has managed to pick

herself back up off the canvas

and rise back up to once again

become Australia’s Richest

Person. Rejoice.... Really, really,

just ... just bloody great.” Added

news.com.au: “No wonder she’s

smiling.” Our interview with

President Trump (“Winner Takes

All,” p. 28) won praise from a

fellow journalist: “Th is whole

interview is great,” noted NBC

News’ Benjy Sarlin on Twitter.

“Most detailed policy q’s [Trump] has gotten in a long time.”

CORRECTION: In “Coff ee King’s Queen (p. 16) we misspelled Le Hoang Diep

Th ao’s second name.

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