Gina Rinehart
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Rinehart in June 2015
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| Born |
Georgina Hope Hancock 9 February 1954 Perth, Western Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | St Hilda's School |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney (attended) |
| Occupation | Chairman of Hancock Prospecting (HPPL) |
| Net worth |
 A$6.06 billion |
| Spouse(s) |
Greg Hayward (m. 1973; div. 1981) Frank Rinehart (m. 1983; d. 1990) |
| Children |
with Hayward; John Hayward-Hancock Bianca Hayward with Rinehart; Hope Rinehart-Welker Ginia Rinehart |
| Parent(s) |
Lang Hancock Hope Nicholas |
| Website | www |
 Gina Rinehart YouTube Monologue, Sydney Mining Club |
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Gina Rinehart calls for Australian wage cut, BBC
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Georgina Hope "Gina" Rinehart (born 9 February 1954) is chairman of Hancock Prospecting, a privately owned mineral and exploration company founded by her father Lang Hancock. Rinehart inherited 76.6% of the company with the remaining 23.4% constituting the Hope Margaret Hancock Trust.
Rinehart was born in Perth, Western Australia. She is the only child of Hope Margaret Nicholas and Lang Hancock. Until age 4, Rinehart lived with her parents at Nunyerry 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Wittenoom. Later Rinehart boarded at St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls in Perth. She briefly studied economics at the University of Sydney, before dropping out and working for her father, gaining an extensive knowledge of the Pilbara iron-ore industry.
In 1973, at age 19, Rinehart met Englishman Greg Milton while both were working in Wittenoom. At this time Milton changed his surname to Hayward. Their children John Langley and Bianca Hope were born in 1976 and 1979 respectively. The couple separated in 1979 and divorced in 1981. In 1983 she married corporate lawyer Frank Rinehart, in Las Vegas. They had two children, Hope and Ginia, born in 1986 and 1987 respectively. Frank died in 1990.
Rinehart and her stepmother Rose Porteous were involved in an acrimonious legal fight from 1992 over Hancock's death and estate. The ordeal ultimately took 14 years to settle.
In 1999, the Western Australia government approved a proposal to name a mountain range in honour of her family. Hancock Range is situated about 65 kilometres (40 mi) north-west of the town of Newman at 23°00′23″S 119°12′31″E / 23.00639°S 119.20861°E and commemorates the family's contribution to the establishment of the pastoral and mining industry in the Pilbara region.
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