Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch;
	Murdoch in 2012
Born	Keith Rupert Murdoch; 11 March 1931 (aged 95); Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Citizenship	Australia (until 1985); United States (from 1985);
Education	Worcester College, Oxford (BA)
Occupation	Businessman; investor; media proprietor;
Years active	1952−2023
Title	Chairman and CEO of News Corporation (1980–2013); Executive chairman of News Corp (2013–2023); Chairman and CEO of 21st Century Fox (2013–2015); Executive co-chairman of 21st Century Fox (2015–2019); Acting CEO of Fox News (2016–2018); Chairman of Fox News (2016–2019); Chairman of Fox Corporation (2019–2023);
Board member of	News Corp; Fox Corporation;
Spouse(s)	; Patricia Booker (m. 1956; div. 1967) ; Anna Maria Torv (m. 1967; div. 1999) ; Wendi Deng (m. 1999; div. 2013) ; Jerry Hall (m. 2016; div. 2022) ; Elena Zhukova (m. 2024)
Children	6, including Prudence, Elisabeth, Lachlan, and James
Parent(s)	Keith Murdoch; Elisabeth Greene;
Family	Murdoch family
Notes
	↑ Australian citizenship lost in 1985 (under S17 of Australian Citizenship Act 1948) with acquisition of American citizenship ;

Rupert Keith Murdoch (born March 11, 1931) is an Australian-American media tycoon. He became managing director for Australia-based network News Limited after his father Keith died.^[3] He is founder, Chairman and chief executive officer of global media network News Corporation (the world's second largest media group).^[4]^[5] His mother Elisabeth Murdoch died on December 5, 2012.

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Journalist Sir Keith Murdoch (1885–1952), Rupert Murdoch's father
Murdoch – World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, in 2007
Murdoch (seated center) and Roy Cohn meeting with President Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office in 1983
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Murdoch (right) with President John F. Kennedy and Zell Rabin in the Oval Office in 1961
President Ronald Reagan during a meeting with Murdoch in the Oval Office in 1983
Murdoch with his third wife, Wendi, in 2011
Jerry Hall, Murdoch's fourth wife, whom he married in March 2016, photographed in 2009
Murdoch accepting the Hudson Institute's Global Leadership Award (November 2015)

Rupert Murdoch
Murdoch in 2012
Born	Keith Rupert Murdoch 11 March 1931 (aged 95) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Citizenship	Australia (until 1985)^[a] United States (from 1985)
Education	Worcester College, Oxford (BA)
Occupation	Businessman investor media proprietor
Years active	1952−2023
Title	Chairman and CEO of News Corporation (1980–2013) Executive chairman of News Corp (2013–2023) Chairman and CEO of 21st Century Fox (2013–2015) Executive co-chairman of 21st Century Fox (2015–2019) Acting CEO of Fox News (2016–2018) Chairman of Fox News (2016–2019) Chairman of Fox Corporation (2019–2023)
Board member of	News Corp Fox Corporation
Spouse(s)	Patricia Booker (m. 1956; div. 1967) Anna Maria Torv (m. 1967; div. 1999) Wendi Deng (m. 1999; div. 2013) Jerry Hall (m. 2016; div. 2022) Elena Zhukova (m. 2024)
Children	6, including Prudence, Elisabeth, Lachlan, and James
Parent(s)	Keith Murdoch Elisabeth Greene
Family	Murdoch family
Notes
↑ Australian citizenship lost in 1985 (under S17 of Australian Citizenship Act 1948) with acquisition of American citizenship^[1]^[2]