Gina Rinehart, a 57-year-old-Australian, could become the richest person in the world, surpassing Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Carlos Slim.
Gina Rinehart is a widow and mother of four children.
Groomed since she was 12 to inherit the family’s mining company, she doubled her wealth to over $10 billion last year, becoming the richest person in Australia. Moreover, according to Citigroup investigation, it is expected that the company that Rinehart manages will grow up to 10 times in the next few years.
According to analysts, the Rinehart company will be worth 30 billion dollars, and Gina Rinehart will be in the Forbes’s top richest 10 people in the world. Three more mines were recently purchased, and this could speed up this process. If market prices remain at current levels and the company performance is maintained for these three new projects, the company will quickly reach the $10 billion profit.
If the speculation will come true, Gina Rinehart will soon have a capital of over 100 billion dollars.