Gretel Packer

Gretel Lees Packer AM (born August 1965^[3]) is an Australian billionaire investor and philanthropist.^[4]

Gretel Packer AM
Born	August 1965 (age 59) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Occupations	Chair, Crown Resorts Foundation Chair, Packer Family Foundation
Known for	Packer family
Spouses	Nick Barham ​ (div. 1999)​ [1] Shane Murray ​ ​ (m. 2005; div. 2007)​ [2]
Children	3[1]
Parents	Kerry Packer AC (father) Roslyn Packer AC (mother)
Relatives	James Packer (brother) Sir Frank Packer KBE, OStJ (grandfather) Clyde Packer (uncle) Robert Clyde Packer (great grandfather)

Early life and career

Packer is the daughter of Kerry Packer AC, a media mogul, and his wife, Roslyn Packer AC. She is the granddaughter of Sir Frank Packer. Following the death of her father and an estimated A$1.2 billion settlement^[3] in 2015 with her brother, James, she inherited investments in Crown Resorts, and other companies.^[5]

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,^[6] 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. 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.^[7][8][9]

Personal life

Packer had two children to her first husband, Nick Barham, whom she divorced in 1999;^[1] and one child to her second husband, Shane Murray, whom she married in late 2005 and divorced in 2007.^[2]

Net worth

As of May 2025^[update], Packer's net worth was assessed as A$2.33 billion by the Financial Review in the 2025 Rich List.^[10] Forbes Asia magazine assessed Packer's net worth at US$1.6 billion in January 2019.^[11]

Year	Financial Review Rich List		Forbes Australia's 50 Richest
	Rank	Net worth (A$)	Rank	Net worth (US$)
2017[12][13][14]
2018[15]	61	$1.26 billion
2019[16][11]	80	$1.16 billion	26	$1.60 billion
2020[17]	56	$1.77 billion
2021[18]	50	$2.30 billion
2022	56	$2.00 billion
2023[19]	61	$2.09 billion
2024[20]		$2.20 billion
2025[10]	71	$2.33 billion

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