| John Van Lieshout | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1946 (age 77–78) Netherlands |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Property developer |
| Children | 3 |
John Van Lieshout (born 1946) is an Australian billionaire, the founder and former owner of the Amart Furniture store chain.
Early life
Born in the Netherlands in 1946, Van Lieshout is one of 13 children of Karel Van Lieshout, a plasterer, and his wife, Anna, who emigrated to Australia in 1960, initially processed at Brisbane's Wacol Migrant Camp.
Van Lieshout has a high school diploma.
Career
Van Lieshout is the founder and former owner of the Super A-Mart furniture store chain. He sold Super A-Mart in 2006 for A$500 million, and moved into property development. Through his Unison Projects Group, he has acquired 600 housing blocks and 200 townhouses in the Brisbane area.
Other members of the family have founded businesses, and the family is known in Australia as the "kings and queens of furniture", having founded chains including Empire Office Furniture, Super A-Mart, BW Coles, Chevron and the Woolstore.
Personal life
Van Lieshout is married with three children and lives in Brisbane, Queensland.
Net worth
In 2014, Queensland's Sunday Mail named Van Lieshout as the richest person in Queensland, by net worth.
| Year | Financial Review Rich List |
Forbes Australia's 50 Richest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Net worth (A$) | Rank | Net worth (US$) | |
| 2016 | 28 
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$970 million
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| 2017 | $1.72 billion | |||
| 2018 | 33 
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$1.92 billion
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| 2019 | 29
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$2.51 billion
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31
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$1.40 billion
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| 2020 | 45
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$2.03 billion
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| 2021 | 43
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$2.49 billion
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| 2022 | 41
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$2.70 billion
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| 2023 | 41 
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$2.72 billion
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Has not changed from the previous year |
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References
- ^ "John Van Lieshout". Forbes.com. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- "John Andrew van Lieshout | Wealth-X". Ledburyresearch.com. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ^ "Sitting Pretty: Van Lieshout family builds furniture empire". Courier-Mail. Queensland.
- ^ "John Van Lieshout's house and land foray paying off". The Australian. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- Passmore, Daryl (13 September 2014). "The Sunday Mail Queensland's Top 150 Rich List: John Van Lieshout is new No. 1". The Sunday Mail. Queensland. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- "Gina Rinehart Loses Her No. 1 Spot". Forbes Asia. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2017). "Financial Review Rich List 2017". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- Mayne, Stephen (26 May 2017). "Mayne's take: The top 25 Australian billionaires, as claimed by Fairfax". Crikey. Private Media. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- "Australia's Richest 2017: Country's Wealthiest Continue Mining For Dollars". Forbes Asia. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2018). "2018 AFR Rich List: Who are Australia's richest people?". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- "2019 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. January 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (30 October 2020). "The full list: Australia's wealthiest 200 revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (27 May 2021). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (26 May 2023). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 6 June 2023.