Meet Gina Rinehart, the Australian mining magnate worth almost $19 billion

Who is Gina Rinehart?

The 70-year-old magnate was born in Perth but spent her childhood in the Pilbara, the mineral-rich region in the north of Western Australia.

She briefly studied economics at the University of Sydney but dropped out to work for the mining company run by her father, Lang Hancock.

When he died in 1992, Rinehart took over Hancock Prospecting and acquired the Roy Hill mine soon after.

A booming market for iron ore in the 2000s allowed her to keep expanding the business, and she became .”