Rank #1637
Sam Chong
Net worth $2.6B
Mining · Australia
- Born
- Dec 10, 1942
- Age
- 83
- Source
- Mining
- Residence
- Brisbane
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 1
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Malaysian-born Sam Chong is the co-owner of Jellinbah Group, which operates two coal mines in Queensland.
- Chong trained as a mining engineer in Taiwan before moving to Australia in 1972.
- Sam and his son Paul are directors at Jellinbah Group.
- In January 2025, Chong bought Anglo American's one-third stake in Jellinbah for A$1.6 billion ($1.1 billion); later in June 2025 he sold a 6.7% stake to Japanese conglomerate Marubeni.
- Chong also owns a string of hotel and office properties in Brisbane.