Mark Rowsthorn had an estimated net worth of US$325M in 2006, when he was executive director of Toll, and Forbes magazine named him as the 36th-richest person in Australia and New Zealand in 2006.
[2] In February 2011 Asciano's chairman announced the surprise replacement of Rowsthorn by John Mullen, saying that the company needed a different leader for its next phase of growth.
[3] In March 2014 it was announced that Rowsthorn would replace Paul Garaty as CEO of the transport firm McAleese.
[4] Rowsthorn was reported to own almost 30 per cent of McAleese, which had been the subject of criticism about its poor safety record.
It was closed for 20 years and becoming increasingly derelict, at one time being described by Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle as a "scab" on the city.