May 29, 2026 – 1.10pmTake an Australian dollar coin and place it on the ground in front of you, take another and place it on top of the first, and then another.Keeping adding to this pile until you reach the surface of the moon about 380,000 kilometres away. Beg, borrow and steal a few billion more dollar coins to build another tower and make your way back to Earth.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Joshua PeachData journalistJoshua Peach is a data journalist at The Australian Financial ReviewDaniel RetiVisual stories engineerDaniel Reti specialises in data wrangling, developing interactive visuals and digital storytelling.Fetching latest articles
Boomers, property still reign: The Rich List explained (in 7 charts)
Explore the data behind Australia’s elite fortunes, the surge toward a trillion-dollar milestone, and how local billionaires compare to Elon Musk.
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Australia's Rich List remains dominated by baby boomers and property wealth, with the top fortunes measured in hundreds of billions of dollars, as visualised across 7 data charts by the Australian Financial Review. For tech and investment leaders, the data confirms that intergenerational wealth concentration in real assets continues to outpace returns from tech or VC, shaping the capital allocation landscape in the Australian market.
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