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Young Rich List 2025: Firmus Founders, The Block’s Marty Fox, and McLaren Driver Oscar Piastri Join the List

The Australian Financial Review

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Date Published
27 Oct 2025
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30 Oct 2025, 03:07 pm

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The wealthiest Australians under 40 include uni dropouts, an F1 star, ex-Macquarie banker, and founders of businesses ranging from pet food to crypto casinos.

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This article highlights the new entrants on the Australian Financial Review's 2025 Young Rich List, which includes a diverse group ranging from tech entrepreneurs to sports stars. Among the notable additions are the founders of an AI start-up, reflecting the growing influence of AI technology in creating wealth and shaping modern industries. The inclusion of these individuals underscores the role that emerging technologies, including AI, play in generating significant economic impact. While the piece primarily focuses on wealth generation rather than AI safety, it provides context on the types of ventures and sectors—including AI—that are driving Australia's economic future.

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Yolanda RedrupRich List editorOct 29, 2025 – 5.00amSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginThe founder of a mysterious AI start-up, a young gun in Formula One, and the husband and wife team behind a global collagen beauty brand are among the 22 fresh faces on the 2025Financial Review Young Rich List.The cohort of debutants on the 2025 list, published in full on Friday, contributed almost $4 billion to this year’s collective net worth, making up 8.8 per cent of the overall value.Loading...SaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginLicense articleFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreYoung RichEntrepreneurStart-upsAISubscriber exclusiveYolanda RedrupRich List editorYolanda Redrup is the editor of the AFR Rich List. She previously reported on technology, healthcare and Street Talk.Connect withYolandaonTwitter.EmailYolandaatyolanda.redrup@afr.comFetching latest articlesWe met a professional shoplifter to understand this crime’s popularityGreg Bearup and Carrie LaFrenzShaken, stirred and a little smoky: three cocktails to define summerThis restaurant is stuck in the past. That’s what makes it greatWhy the boss of this $21b company has a two-part career ruleSally PattenWant to be a top performer? Work lessWhy this CEO says 45 minutes is too long for a meetingA reissue of Prada’s iconic shoes and a suitcase you’ll never loseEugenie KellyDiscover the real Brazil in this historic UNESCO world heritage townFrom Picasso to Hirst, walk among art’s modern masters at this French hotelHow a mistake led to one family’s $13m trust tax billMichelle BowesGina Rinehart pockets $1.4b payout despite Hancock profit slideAustralia’s richest people 40 and under set wealth record