This was published 8 years ago
Donna Page
When the counting was completed in 2016 after he was officially declared bankrupt, Mr Tinkler’s debts came in at more than $540 million.
His wealth was harder to determine, but assets in his name at the end of last year did not realise more than $1 million.
Yet just six years earlier his wealth was estimated at $1.13 billion by BRW magazine, making him Australia’s youngest billionaire.
There was the private jet, helicopters, a fleet of luxury cars, thoroughbred horse…