The billionaire and retired president of the American public affairs company News Corporation and Fox Corporation, Rupert Murdoch, celebrated his 93rd birthday on March 11. Over the decades, he has built a media empire that includes such iconic brands as FOX News, The New York Post and The Wall Street Journal. Murdoch’s net worth is estimated at $19 billion, making him the 99th richest person in the world on the magazine’s rich list.
Originally from Australia, Murdoch inherited the newspaper chain from his father, Keith Murdoch, a former war correspondent, in 1952, when he was 22. He acquired a slew of newspapers in Australia and New Zealand in the 1950s and 1960s and later expanded his media empire to the UK.
The billionaire is engaged for the sixth time. 93-year-old Rupert Murdoch will become a husband for the fifth time
Murdoch’s personal life is a story in itself, attracting media attention around the world. The billionaire has been married four times, and last Thursday it emerged that he was engaged for the sixth time. According to the media tycoon’s office about his engagement. Murdoch’s upcoming marriage to Zhukova, a 67-year-old retired molecular biologist, will therefore be his fifth marriage. The couple started dating last summer. According to media reports, their wedding is to take place in June at the billionaire’s vineyard and estate in California.
Who is Rupert Murdoch’s new fiancée, Elena Zhukova? They met thanks to their third wife
The former media tycoon is going to marry Elena Zhukova, who was the wife of Alexander Zhukov for three years in the early 1980s. The fruit of this marriage is a daughter, Dasha. According to The New York Times, Zhukov is educated is a molecular biologist involved in diabetes research. She left Russia in 1991 for research in Houston, Texas. She took her daughter Dasha with her.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Zhukova settled in the USA and later moved to Los Angeles. Her daughter married Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. Rupert Murdoch and Elena Zhukova they met through the millionaire’s third wife, Wendi Deng, who is friends with Dasha.
Source: Gazeta
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