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Gina Rinehart: The Other Iron Lady

Gina Rinehart: The Other Iron Lady

FromGood Bad Billionaire


Gina Rinehart: The Other Iron Lady

FromGood Bad Billionaire

ratings:
Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Feb 27, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

How mining magnate Gina Rinehart amassed a $30 billion fortune to become Australia's richest person and earn a reputation for being highly litigious.BBC business editor Simon Jack and journalist Zing Tsjeng uncover a woman who has taken legal action against her father's widow, her own biographer and the biggest mining company in the world, and who has been sued by her own children, twice.They follow Rinehart's story from her outspoken father's discovery of huge deposits of iron ore in Western Australia to inheriting the business and turning it into a multi-billion dollar powerhouse. It's a story that takes in secessionist politics, indigenous land rights and lots and lots of family feuds.
Released:
Feb 27, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (30)

Simon Jack and Zing Tsjeng find out how the richest people on the planet made their billions, and then they judge them. Are they good, bad, or just another billionaire?