Gina Rinehart Family
Gina Rinehart is the only child of Lang Hancock, was widowed in 1990 and has four children 256.
Parents
She is the only child of Lang Hancock and Hope Margaret Nicholas 5.
Marriages
She married Greg Milton, who took the surname Hayward, in 1973. They separated in 1979 and divorced in 1981. She married the corporate lawyer Frank Rinehart in 1983, and he died in 1990 5.
Children
Her children with Greg Hayward are John, born in 1976, and Bianca, born in 1977. Her daughters with Frank Rinehart are Hope, born in 1986, and Ginia, born in 1987 5.
Family trust proceedings
In 1988 Lang Hancock set up the Hope Margaret Hancock Trust, which holds 23.6% of Hancock Prospecting, with Rinehart as trustee and her four children as beneficiaries. In 2011 her daughter Hope began an action in the NSW Supreme Court seeking to remove Rinehart as sole trustee, and John and Bianca were later revealed as parties. Rinehart stood down as trustee during the hearing in October 2013, and on 28 May 2015 the court appointed Bianca as the new trustee 6. Forbes describes a long legal dispute with John and Bianca over the family trust 2.