Gretel Packer

Gretel Packer
AM
BornAugust 1965 (age 61)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupations
Known forPacker family
Spouses
  • Nick Barham
    ​
    (div. 1999)​
  • Shane Murray
    ​
    ​
    (m. 2005; div. 2007)​
Children3
Parents
Relatives

Gretel Lees Packer AM (born August 1965) is an Australian investor and philanthropist.

Early life and career

Packer is the daughter of Kerry Packer, a media mogul, and his wife, Roslyn Packer. She is the granddaughter of Sir Frank Packer.[citation needed] She is a former student of Ascham School.

Following the death of her father and an estimated A$1.2 billion settlement in 2015 with her brother, James, she inherited investments in Crown Resorts, and other companies.

Her philanthropic interests include a broad range of community activities and charities aligned to the arts, education, and environmental science. Packer is Vice-President of the Board of Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Chair of the Advisory Board of Crown Resorts Foundation, Chair of the Packer Family Foundation, Chair of The Sydney Theatre Company Foundation, and a Founding Patron of the Taronga Zoo Conservation Science Initiative and a Founding Governor of the Taronga Zoo Foundation.[citation needed] She has previously served as a Director of the Royal Hospital for Women Foundation and as a Council Member of the Royal Botanic Gardens Foundation.

Personal life

Packer had two children to her first husband, Nick Barham, whom she divorced in 1999; and one child to her second husband, Shane Murray, whom she married in late 2005 and divorced in 2007.

Net worth

As of May 2025, Packer's net worth was assessed as A$2.33 billion by the Financial Review in the 2025 Rich List. Forbes Asia magazine assessed Packer's net worth at US$1.6 billion in January 2019.

Year Financial Review
Rich List		 Forbes
Australia's 50 Richest
Rank Net worth (A$) Rank Net worth (US$)
2017
2018 61 Increase $1.26 billion Increase
2019 80 Decrease $1.16 billion Decrease 26 Decrease $1.60 billion
2020 56 Increase $1.77 billion Increase
2021 50 Increase $2.30 billion Increase
2022 56 Increase $2.00 billion Increase
2023 61 Decrease $2.09 billion Increase
2024 $2.20 billion Increase
2025 71 $2.33 billion Increase
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

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  2. 1 2 "Baby boy for Gretel Packer". The Sydney Morning Herald. AAP. 29 January 2006. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
  3. 1 2 Hornery, Andrew (5 June 2020). "Gretel Packer packs artistic punch with philanthropic ways". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  4. ↑ Albert, Jane (2 May 2019). "The 5 wealthy women who championed Sydney Modern". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  5. ↑ "Queen's Birthday Honours for three impressive Old Girls". Ascham Old Girls Union. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  6. ↑ Kitney, Damon (12 October 2018). "The ties that bind". The Australian. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "Gretel Packer". Forbes. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  8. ↑ "Art Gallery of NSW Board of Trustees". About us. Art Gallery of New South Wales. n.d. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  9. ↑ "Revealed: an art gallery like no other". 27 January 2025. Retrieved 16 April 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  10. ↑ Hornery, Andrew (5 June 2020). "Gretel Packer packs artistic punch with philanthropic ways". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  11. 1 2 Redrup, Yolanda (30 May 2025). "Australia's wealthiest 200 revealed, fortunes blow past $667b". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  12. 1 2 "2019 Australia's 50 Richest" (dynamic list). Forbes Asia. January 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  13. ↑ Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2017). "Financial Review Rich List 2017". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  14. ↑ Mayne, Stephen (26 May 2017). "Mayne's take: The top 25 Australian billionaires, as claimed by Fairfax". Crikey. Private Media. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  15. ↑ "Australia's Richest 2017: Country's Wealthiest Continue Mining For Dollars". Forbes Asia. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  16. ↑ Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2018). "2018 AFR Rich List: Who are Australia's richest people?". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  17. ↑ Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (27 May 2021). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  20. ↑ Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (26 May 2023). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  21. ↑ Redrup, Yolanda; Bailey, Michael (30 May 2024). "Australia's wealthiest 200 now control $625b". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 18 September 2024.