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Two biographies of Gina Rinehart

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November 2012, no. 346

Gina Rinehart: The Untold Story of the Richest Person in Australian History by Adele Ferguson

Pan Macmillan, $34.99 pb, 480 pp, 9781742610979

Book 2 Cover Small (400 x 600)

The House of Hancock: The Rise and Rise of Gina Rinehart by Debi Marshall

William Heinemann, $34.95 pb, 381 pp, 9781742756745

Two biographies of Gina Rinehart

by
November 2012, no. 346

Reading two books about Gina Rinehart back to back is far from edifying. So rich, so controlling, so opinionated, so entitled – and these are among her less objectionable qualities, as described in the two biographies published since she burst into the headlines amid reports of family litigation, media buy-ins, and escalating wealth. Indeed, whatever she did would captivate widespread interest, given that her worth ballooned from a tidy $900 million in 2006 to $20 billion this year.

Jan McGuinness reviews 'Gina Rinehart: The Untold Story of the Richest Person in Australian History' by Adele Ferguson and 'The House of Hancock: The Rise and Rise of Gina Rinehart' by Debi Marshall

Gina Rinehart: The Untold Story of the Richest Person in Australian History

by Adele Ferguson

Pan Macmillan, $34.99 pb, 480 pp, 9781742610979

Book 2 Cover Small (400 x 600)

The House of Hancock: The Rise and Rise of Gina Rinehart

by Debi Marshall

William Heinemann, $34.95 pb, 381 pp, 9781742756745

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