Nicola Forrest is the wife of the businessman and billionaire Andrew Forrest currently living with her family on their home.
Andrew Forest is a businessman who started his first mining company called Anaconda Nickel, now known as Minara Resources. He also has an interest in farming to capitalize on China’s demand for meat and dairy products.
Nicola and Andrew have decided to give away their net worth, and their story will be first time be shown in the show Australian Story. They are no new name in the philanthropic causes as they have been active in it for the past years.
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Nicola Forrest Wikipedia
Nicola Forrest is known as the wife of the billionaire businessman Andrew Forest, but she is yet to have her own Wikipedia page.
Nicola and her husband Andrew, both are philanthropists and have given almost $222 million to 230 individual organizations and programs for the noble causes.
She is a member of the Global Philanthropic Circle and the Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership. Similarly, she is a patron of Impact 100 WA and Kimberley Foundation Australia.
Besides Philanthropist work, she is a board member of the Black Swan State Theatre Company. She is focused on ending global slavery, and closing the gap of indigenous disadvantage.
Nicola Forrest Children and Family Legacy
Nicola Forrest is the mother of her three children, Grace, Sophia, and Sydney. Her husband’s company, Fortescue Metals Group helped them become one of the richest in Australia.
Nicola and Andrew were the first people from Australia to sign the Bill and Melinda Gates’ The Giving Pledge. Due to the pledge, they need to distribute the majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes in their lifetime, and their offspring cannot inherit their fortune.
Their daughter, Sophia Forrest, has recently announced her engagement with the actress Zara Zoe.
Is Nicola Forrest still married?
Nicola Forrest is still married to her husband, Andrew Forest. She was recently seen with her family in the show Australian Story talking about the reason for leaving their net worth for philanthropic causes.
Her children are also okay with their parent’s decision of not being able to inherit the fortune. According to Bloomberg, the net worth of her husband, Andrew Forrest, is $22.5 billion in 2022.