Media magnate Rupert Murdoch, who turns 93 subsequent week, has been married 4 occasions — and is engaged once more, his consultant stated Saturday.

He plans to marry Elena Zhukova, 67, a Russian-born retired scientist he met final yr.

Her ex-husband Alexander Zhukov is a billionaire power investor and Russian politician. Their daughter Dasha was beforehand married to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, who used to personal the Premier League soccer membership Chelsea.

Last fall Murdoch stepped down as chief of each Fox News’ mother or father firm and his News Corp. media holdings — and his son, Lachlan, took his place in a media empire that spans continents and helped to shape modern American politics.

In 1952, Murdoch inherited a newspaper in his native Australia from his father. Over a long time, he constructed a information and leisure enterprise that grew to become dominant within the United States and Britain, together with possession of such historic newspapers as The Times of London and The Wall Street Journal.

Fox News Channel, the 24-hour community based in 1996, has profoundly influenced tv, turning into a trusted information supply amongst many conservative U.S. audiences and politicians.

It has additionally had very public struggles. Last yr, it paid $787 million to settle a defamation lawsuit associated to its protection of false claims in regards to the 2020 presidential election outcomes.

A couple of months earlier, Fox had ousted prime-time host Tucker Carlson, the community’s hottest TV persona, whose political theories and fiery commentaries made him an influential power in GOP politics.

In addition to Fox News, Rupert Murdoch began the Fox broadcast community, the primary to efficiently problem the Big Three of ABC, CBS and NBC, with reveals like “The Simpsons.” He has additionally managed the New York Post, one other fashionable conservative outlet.

Murdoch has been married 4 occasions and shares six youngsters with three of his wives. Murdoch’s household had been stated to be the model for the HBO drama “ Succession.” The household’s wealth is estimated by Forbes to be about $19 billion.

Murdoch’s latest marriage, to mannequin and actor Jerry Hall, led to divorce after six years in 2022. They had no youngsters collectively.

Previously, he was married to Patricia Booker, an Australian, with whom he had Prudence, after which to Scottish-born journalist Anna Torv, with whom he had Lachlan, James and Elisabeth. These 4 Murdoch youngsters have the identical stake within the household belief and an equal say in what occurs to the belief’s voting inventory upon Murdoch’s dying. He later married Chinese-born Wendi Deng, whom he divorced in 2013 after having two daughters, Grace and Chloe.

Last spring he was engaged to Ann Lesley Smith for about two weeks.

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