Leslie Alan Wilson

Leslie Alan Wilson
Born1941 or 1942 (age 82–83)[1]
NationalityAustralian
EducationCamberwell Grammar School
Occupation(s)Executive chairman, Reece Group
Years active1970-present
ChildrenPeter Wilson

Leslie Alan Wilson (born 1941/42), an Australian billionaire, is the executive chairman of Reece Group, Australia's biggest bathroom and plumbing supplies chain.[2]

Wilson was educated at Camberwell Grammar School, Melbourne, matriculating in 1959.[3]

Wilson was CEO of Reece from 1970 to 2007, and has been executive chairman since 2001.[1] His son Peter is the CEO.[2]

Net worth

As of May 2023, The Australian Financial Review assessed the net worth of the Wilson family as A$6.51 billion on the Financial Review 2023 Rich List.[4] The Wilson family had earlier appeared in the BRW Rich Families List that was published annually between 2008 and 2015. Meanwhile, Forbes Asia assessed Wilson's net worth as US$1.6 billion in 2017;[2] revised to US$2.50 billion in 2019.[5]

Year Financial Review
Rich List 		Forbes
Australia's 50 richest
Rank Net worth
A$ bn 		Rank Net worth
US$ bn
2012[6] n/a $1.44 billion Decrease
2013[7] n/a $1.83 billion Increase
2014[8] n/a $2.34 billion Increase
2015[9] n/a $2.60 billion Increase
2016
2017[2] $1.6 billion
2018[10] 16 $3.87 billion Increase
2019[11][5] 16 Steady $4.07 billion Increase 14 Increase $2.50 billion Decrease
2020[12] 12 Increase $4.93 billion Increase
2021[13] 11 Increase $7.86 billion Increase
2022 14 Decrease $6.60 billion Decrease
2023[4] 14 Steady $6.51 billion Decrease
Legend
Icon Description
Steady Has not changed from the previous year
Increase Has increased from the previous year
Decrease Has decreased from the previous year

References

  1. ^ a b "Stocks". Bloomberg News. 7 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "The World's Billionaires: John, Leslie Alan & Bruce Wilson". Forbes. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  3. ^ Sturrock, Ben. "Gallery of Achievement". Old Camberwell Grammarians Association (OCGA). Camberwell Grammar School.
  4. ^ a b Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (26 May 2023). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  5. ^ a b "2019 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. January 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Rich 50 Families 2012". BRW. Australia. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  7. ^ "Rich Families 2013". BRW. Australia. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  8. ^ "Rich Families List 2014". BRW. Australia. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Rich Families List 2015". BRW. Australia. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  10. ^ Stensholt, John (25 May 2018). "2018 AFR Rich List: Who are Australia's richest people?". The Australian Financial Review. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  11. ^ Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (27 May 2021). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 28 May 2021.


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