Billionaire and high-ranking politician Clive Palmer, the seventh richest Australian in 2022, has almost doubled his fortune in the last year.
The 67-year-old Palmer climbed one place in the list of the richest in Australia Top 250, with an incredible profit of 8.59 billion dollars, bringing his fortune to 18.35 billion dollars, writes Tribunal Inquiry.
Gina Reinhart has once again been crowned the richest woman in Australia with her mining business, which now costs a staggering $ 32.64 billion, right in front of Andrew Forest of Fortescue Metals.
Palmer, who is the face of the United Australia Party and owns the mining company Minerology, was a beneficiary of the rising price of nickel, which rose from $ 9,000 a tonne a year to $ 25,000 in early March.
Prices for the metal used to make stainless steel batteries and electric cars then erupted in response to the crisis in Ukraine. It jumped to $ 100,000 a tonne, forcing exchanges to stop trading in London.
Billionaire and high-ranking politician Clive Palmer, the seventh richest Australian in 2022, has almost doubled his fortune in the last year. In the photo he is with his wife Anna, who was born in Bulgaria.
The 67-year-old Palmer jumped from eighth place in the list for 2021 to seventh this year, with an incredible unexpected income of 8.59 billion dollars, which brought his fortune to 18.35 billion dollars. He claims to have the largest collection of classic cars in the world.
He was recently accused of buying a Mercedes-Benz 770 Grosser Offener Tourenwagen from Hitler – but denied this on Twitter.
He also owns properties in Paradise Point, Mermaid Beach, Broadbeach Waters, Southport, Palm Beach, Fig Tree Pocket in New Zealand and in Sofia, Bulgaria.
His second wife Anna was born in Bulgaria, recalls the Australian edition.
Translation: BLIC
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