Billionaire Rupert Murdoch’s rampant love life as he readies for sixth marriage ceremony
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch is ready to get married for the fifth time.
The 92-year-old billionaire introduced his engagement to retired Russian molecular biologist Elena Zhukova, 67, after a number of months of courting. The pair plan to tie the knot in June on the Moraga Estate winery in California, US.
Murdoch stepped down as chairman of Fox and News Corp final yr after almost 70 years on the helm. His son Lachlan Murdoch has since taken the reins, however the senior Mr Murdoch nonetheless holds the title of chairman emeritus at each corporations.
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The information comes lower than a yr after Murdoch’s engagement to former girlfriend Ann Lesley Smith was known as off in April 2023, making this the sixth time he is readied himself to stroll down the aisle. Here’s a glance again at his earlier wives.
Patricia Booker
Flight attendant Patricia Booker was Murdoch’s first spouse. The couple wed in 1956, when the Australia-born tycoon was 25.
The couple had a daughter, Prudence, earlier than parting methods in 1967.
Anna Torv
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A yr later Murdoch married Scottish journalist and writer Anna Torv. It is believed they met whereas Torv was working for Murdoch’s Sydney newspaper, the Daily Mirror, and interviewed him. The pair had three kids, together with Murdoch’s inheritor, Lachlan, in addition to Elisabeth and James Murdoch.
In a stunning flip throughout their marriage, Muriel McKay – the spouse of a News Corp govt – was kidnapped after being mistaken for Ms Torv. Two brothers have been arrested on a pig farm in relation to the incident however Mrs McKay’s physique was by no means discovered.
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Murdoch’s marriage to Ms Torv led to 1999 after 32 years collectively and he reportedly paid out a staggering £1.08billion within the subsequent divorce settlement. Ms Torv would go on to remarry twice.
Wendi Deng
Wendi Deng moved to California from China as a pupil in 1988. She later graduated from Yale School of Management and met Murdoch after shifting to Hong Kong for a junior function at Star Television, owned by News Corp.
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The pair first locked eyes at a cocktail get together in Hong Kong in 1997 and she or he left her place as vice-president of Star TV earlier than their marriage ceremony. They tied the knot in June 1999 on Murdoch’s personal yacht, Morning Glory, in a tight-knit ceremony attended by about 80 folks.
Ms Deng’s first little one with Murdoch, Grace, was born in 2001 whereas their second daughter, Chloe, arrived in summer time 2003. In July 2011, throughout a parliamentary listening to into telephone hacking by News Corp newspapers, she jumped as much as defend her husband from a protester throwing a cream pie at him.
The couple separated in June 2013.
Jerry Hall
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Model and actress Jerry Hall moved to Paris on the age of 16 to pursue her profession. It was there she met The Rolling Stones‘ lead singer, Sir Mick Jagger.
The couple tied the knot in 1990 in Bali, however their marriage was later questioned because it wasn’t correctly performed and was ultimately declared invalid. They had 4 kids collectively, however break up up after 23 years.
Ms Hall then married Murdoch at Spencer House in London in 2016. This is Murdoch’s most up-to-date divorce, finalised in August 2022 after six years collectively. Vanity Fair beforehand reported Ms Hall was stopped from contacting HBO hit sequence Succession to forestall her from giving them storyline concepts.
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