John Gandel

John Gandel (born 1935), an Australian businessman, property developer and philanthropist, made his fortune in the development of commercial real estate as well as shopping centres located in Melbourne, Victoria. Gandel, who inherited much of his wealth from his Polish-immigrant parents, founders of the Sussan women's clothing chain, is consistently ranked within the top ten wealthiest Australians by net worth in both the Financial Review Rich List, where in 2017 he was ranked seventh with an assessed net worth of A$6.05 billion; and in 2016 also ranked seventh by Forbes magazine, with an assessed net worth of US$3.2 billion.