John Van Lieshout (born 1946) is an Australian billionaire, the founder and former owner of the Amart Furniture store chain.[1]
John Van Lieshout | |
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| Born | 1946 (age 77–78) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Property developer |
| Children | 3 |
Early life
editBorn in the Netherlands in 1946,[2] 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.[3]
Van Lieshout has a high school diploma.[1]
Career
editVan Lieshout is the founder and former owner of the Super A-Mart furniture store chain.[1] He sold Super A-Mart in 2006 for A$500 million, and moved into property development.[4] Through his Unison Projects Group, he has acquired 600 housing blocks and 200 townhouses in the Brisbane area.[4]
Other members of the family have founded businesses, and the family is known in Australia as the "kings and queens of furniture", having founded chains including Empire Office Furniture, Super A-Mart, BW Coles, Chevron and the Woolstore.[3]
Personal life
editVan Lieshout is married with three children and lives in Brisbane, Queensland.[1][unreliable source?]
Net worth
editIn 2014, Queensland's Sunday Mail named Van Lieshout as the richest person in Queensland, by net worth.[5]
| Year | Financial Review Rich List |
Forbes Australia's 50 Richest | ||
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| Rank | Net worth (A$) | Rank | Net worth (US$) | |
| 2016[6] | 28 
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$970 million
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| 2017[7][8][9] | $1.72 billion | |||
| 2018[10] | 33 
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$1.92 billion
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| 2019[11][12] | 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[13] | 45
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$2.03 billion
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| 2021[14] | 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[15] | 41 
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$2.72 billion
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References
edit- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ a b "Sitting Pretty: Van Lieshout family builds furniture empire". Courier-Mail. Queensland.
- ^ a b "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.