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Peter Wright (mining entrepreneur) (Ernest Archibald Maynard Wright) was born on 24 February, 1908 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, is an Accountant. Discover Peter Wright (mining entrepreneur)'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

Popular As Ernest Archibald Maynard Wright
Occupation Accountant
Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 24 February, 1908
Birthday 24 February
Birthplace Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Date of death (1985-09-13) Bangkok, Thailand
Died Place Bangkok, Thailand
Nationality Australia

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His wife is Pauline McClemans (1932–85)

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Peter Wright (mining entrepreneur) Net Worth

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Net Worth in 2023 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1985

Wright died in 1985 in Bangkok, Thailand while travelling home to Perth from Europe. He was cremated at Karrakatta Cemetery.

In 1985 the Business Review Weekly (BRW) estimated his net worth at A$50 million. By 2013, the magazine valued his family's net worth at A$1.53 billion. The rise in the value was largely a result of royalty agreements signed by Hancock and Wright during the 1960s. The agreements entitled Hancock and Wright 2.5 percent of revenue generated by Rio Tinto's Hamersley Iron mines.

1969

In 1969 Wright and his partner Lang Hancock commenced publication in Perth of a weekly newspaper The Sunday Independent principally to help further their mining interests. Hancock largely relinquishing his interest in it in the early 70s but Wright continued publishing it until selling it to The Truth in 1984.

1932

In 1932 he married Pauline McClemans, daughter of William McClemans, an Anglican clergyman who founded Christ Church Grammar School.

1930

After leaving school, he joined the Bank of New South Wales. In 1930 he qualified as an accountant and set up his own accountancy firm. In 1938 he became general manager of his father's firm F. W. Wright & Co, later becoming managing director when it became Wright Ltd in 1949.

During the late 1930s, Wright joined with former schoolmate Lang Hancock in a mining venture in the north-west of Western Australia, beginning a partnership that lasted for several decades. One of their early ventures was an asbestos mine at Wittenoom, Western Australia.

1908

Ernest Archibald Maynard "Peter" Wright (24 February 1908 – 13 September 1985) was an Australian mining entrepreneur. He was best known as the business partner of Lang Hancock. After his death, his estate became worth over A$1 billion.