Gretel Packer
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Gretel Packer | |
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| Born | August 1965 (age 60) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Known for | Packer family |
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| Children | 3[1] |
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Gretel Lees Packer AM (born August 1965[3]) is an Australian investor and philanthropist.[4]
Early life and career
[edit | edit source]Packer is the daughter of Kerry Packer AC, a media mogul, and his wife, Roslyn Packer AC. She is the granddaughter of Sir Frank Packer. Following the death of her father and an estimated A$1.2 billion settlement[3] in 2015 with her brother, James, she inherited investments in Crown Resorts, and other companies.[5]
Her philanthropic interests include a broad range of community activities and charities aligned to the arts, education, and environmental science. Packer is Vice-President of the Board of Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales,[6] Chair of the Advisory Board of Crown Resorts Foundation, Chair of the Packer Family Foundation, Chair of The Sydney Theatre Company Foundation, and a Founding Patron of the Taronga Zoo Conservation Science Initiative and a Founding Governor of the Taronga Zoo Foundation. She has previously served as a Director of the Royal Hospital for Women Foundation and as a Council Member of the Royal Botanic Gardens Foundation.[7][8][9]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Packer had two children to her first husband, Nick Barham, whom she divorced in 1999;[1] and one child to her second husband, Shane Murray, whom she married in late 2005 and divorced in 2007.[2]
Net worth
[edit | edit source]As of May 2025[update], Packer's net worth was assessed as A$2.33 billion by the Financial Review in the 2025 Rich List.[10] Forbes Asia magazine assessed Packer's net worth at US$1.6 billion in January 2019.[11]
| Year | Financial Review Rich List |
Forbes Australia's 50 Richest | ||
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| Rank | Net worth (A$) | Rank | Net worth (US$) | |
| 2017[12][13][14] | ||||
| 2018[15] | 61 
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$1.26 billion
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| 2019[16][11] | 80 Decrease | $1.16 billion Decrease | 26 Decrease | $1.60 billion |
| 2020[17] | 56
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$1.77 billion
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| 2021[18] | 50
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$2.30 billion
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| 2022 | 56
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$2.00 billion
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| 2023[19] | 61 Decrease | $2.09 billion
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| 2024[20] | $2.20 billion
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| 2025[10] | 71 | $2.33 billion
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