Lang Hancock

Langley Frederick George " Lang" Hancock ( born June 10, 1909 in Perth, Australia, † March 27, 1992 ) was an Australian iron ore magnate.

Hancock had a significant presence in the Australian economy and politics. His first big success in 1952 was the discovery of the largest iron ore deposit in the world in Western Australia's Pilbara region, the exploitation made ​​him the richest man in Australia. Despite its economic success he had in his last years mainly because of his controversial marriage to 39-year- younger Rose Porteous, an immigrant from the Philippines to Australia immigrant known. His daughter Gina Rinehart was to have married against marriage with Porteous, which it complained publicly, her father only because of its assets.

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