Seven Greek-Australians are on this year’s list of the wealthiest Australians published in the BRW Top 200 Rich List. Not surprising, Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart tops the list with her estimated $22-billion.Greeks who have done well include:

* Adelaide businessman Con Makris (pictured) makes the top 40 and is the richest Greek Australian. Mr. Makris made his estimated $900 million fortune from property investments despite his humble beginnings as a migrant to Australia. He started from fish-and-chip shops and moved to grocery stores and shopping centers.

* Barrister-turned-miner Kerry Harmanis is the second-richest Greek in Australia at number 80 on the list with a net worth of $590 million. The Perth local has investments in property, shares and mining ventures making $500 million selling his nickel business and has a total of $570 million. He is known for being down to earth, playing the mandolin and surfing.

* Coming third as far as Greek-Australian millionaires are concerned and 90th in the country is Theo Karides who has been stealthily amassing a fortune after selling his own liquor stores to consortium Coles Myer in 2002 for $175 million and has a total of $540 million.

* Fourth is Harry Stamoulis, the 93rd richest Australian who sits on $480 million after inheriting his father’s wealth from selling the soft drinks company Gold Medal to Cadbury’s in 2003. The family now invests in property.The family have been very active members of the Greek community, setting up the Hellenic museum while funding many Greek language newspapers and radio stations.

* The fifth-richest Greek is Nick Politis with 410 million dollars, followed by George Koukis with $325 million dollars. Last, but not least is Melbourne’s Spyros Alysandratos with $320 million dollars.

BRW reports that the overall value of Australia’s wealthiest 200 fell by $4.4 billion to a total of $176.8 billion.