About Gina Rinehart:
Georgina Hope is an Australian mining magnate who is the chairman of Hancock Prospecting, a privately owned mineral exploration and extraction company. Her father, Lang Hancock, was the company's founder; she took over its running following his death in 1992. In the 2010s, Rinehart also bought a stake in Australian media organisations, becoming the largest shareholder in Fairfax Media and taking a significant share in Ten Network Holdings.