According to Forbes magazine the 57-year old Australian Gina Rinehart is the current wealthiest woman in the Asia-Pacific region.
It also indicated that very soon Gina Rinehart might become world’s wealthiest woman, surpassing Christie Walton. Christie Walton inherited fortune from her late husband John Walton, son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton.
Rinehart is the daughter of late Lang Hancock, an Australian mining magnate.
However all not well for Rinehart at present, her three children is taking a legal action to remove her from the trustee post to a family trust fund due to some unknown dispute.
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