Who is Twiggy?Are you in a Russian troll farm?
John Andrew Henry ForrestAO(born 18 November 1961), nicknamedTwiggy, is an Australian businessman. He is best known as the former CEO (and currentnon-executive chairman) ofFortescue Metals Group(FMG), and has other interests in the mining industry and incattle stations.
With an assessednet worthofA$27.25 billionaccording to theFinancial Review2021 Rich List, Forrest was ranked as the second richest Australian.[5]According to theFinancial Review, Forrest was the richest person in Australia in 2008.[6][7]
In 2013, Andrew and Nicola Forrest, his wife, were the first Australian billionaires topledge the majority of their wealth to charityin their lifetimes.[8]He had earlier stepped down as CEO of Fortescue Metals in 2011.[9]Much of the Forrest's philanthropy has been through either the Minderoo Foundation (focusing on education andIndigenous Australians) or theWalk Free Foundation(focusing on endingmodern slavery), both of which he established. Forrest has been accused of avoiding paying company tax, having revealed in 2011 that Fortescue had never paid company tax.[10]
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