Perfect revenge for mum-of-three influencer targeted by Sydney's 'old money' mean girls: The snobs called her 'gauche'. Now her critics have suddenly gone silent

Sometimes the best revenge is sitting back and watching the money roll in.

Just ask Sydney socialite Laura Hazzouri - the mother-of-three influencer who was subjected to private mockery among the eastern suburbs' 'old money' set over her showy 'day in the life' video earlier this year.

After we reported on the nasty chatter doing the rounds in elite WhatsApp groups, Laura's family has delivered a comeback for the history books. 

They are now officially in the billionaires' club.

Laura's husband Charbel Hazzouri and his cousin Anthony El-Hazouri have debuted on The Australian's Richest 250 list for 2026, joining the ranks as billionaires for the first time with a combined fortune of $2.84billion.

The Hazzouris' wealth, built through their property firm Revelop, has been compounding for years. 

From a humble start in 2008, the cousins have grown their business into a heavyweight operation spanning more than 80 commercial properties.

Their portfolio stretches across key retail centres in Sydney, as well as major acquisitions in Adelaide and Melbourne, culminating in headline deals like the $122.5million purchase of Lake Macquarie Square.

For the snobs with intergenerational wealth who scoffed at Laura's 'nouveau riche' travel diary of her five-star trip to the Maldives, the timing is hard to ignore.

While certain members of the socialite set dismissed Laura's lifestyle as flashy or gauche - in light of her humble origins in Dubbo, in regional NSW - now the scale of her family's hard-earned fortune is impossible to ignore.

The infamous video that kickstarted the chatter followed Mrs Hazzouri as she got her nails done at a high-end salon before returning to her sprawling home to prepare for business-class travel with her husband, Charbel, and their three sons.

It was the kind of content to inspire envy and admiration in equal measure: two YSL beach totes worth $800 apiece were zipped into protective dust bags, thousands of dollars' worth of Cartier jewellery was carefully arranged in travel containers, and a Louis Vuitton beauty case valued at roughly $3,000 was highlighted in a close-up. 

The family then bundled into a car packed with designer luggage, bound for the airport.

Mrs Hazzouri, whose maiden name is Marshall, filmed herself gliding through the terminal with her suitcase and a Goyard tote worth about $3,000, before they all settled into the Qantas Club ahead of take-off.

For some in Sydney's more refined postcodes, however, the video read less like lifestyle inspiration and more like an embarrassing and unnecessary flex.

'Her "day in a life" is not real or relatable. You don't see Deb Symond O'Neil - who was born with a silver spoon in her mouth - sharing videos like that,' a well-connected society insider said at the time. 

Mrs Hazzouri's origins in Dubbo added a compelling social edge to the jealous chatter - proving that the old-fashioned class system is still alive and kicking in the land of the 'fair go'.

While the specifics of her early years are unclear, she has almost certainly upgraded her lifestyle since meeting her husband Charbel.

The couple, who have been together for many years, have been living in a mansion in McMahons Point for more than a decade, but are planning to upsize after buying a $13.5million Kurraba Point home in 2020. 

They have since knocked down the property and are building their dream house: a Luigi Rosselli-designed mansion with a swimming pool, landscaped outdoor areas and multiple living zones.

According to a source, Mrs Hazzouri has previously indicated that she and her husband will keep their existing mansion even after making the move to Kurraba Point.

When the Daily Mail contacted Mrs Hazzouri for comment on some of the unkind chatter back in January, she insisted her social media content was misunderstood.

'I share parts of my life online, including travel, but social media is only a snapshot and not the full picture of who I am or how I live day-to-day,' she told us then. 

'Like many families, we've worked hard over many years to build the life we have.

'My content is intended to be light-hearted and aspirational, not to alienate or offend, and I'm always mindful that people are facing different circumstances.

'I understand that not everyone will relate to every post, and I take feedback on board, but my intention is simply to share moments from my own life, not to make comparisons or statements about anyone else's.'

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