Rupert Murdoch is a renowned media mogul who was born on March 11, 1931 in Melbourne, Australia. He is the founder of the global media empire News Corporation, which owns newspapers, television networks, and movie studios. Murdoch has become one of the most influential figures in the media industry, and his company has become one of the largest media conglomerates in the world.
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Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth: $17.1 Billion (2024)
About
Notorious media mogul who built a global empire of newspapers, TV, and movies through holding company News Corporation.
Before Fame
He worked as the Editor of the Daily Express newspaper. By 1953, he was managing News Limited, which he inherited from his father.
Trivia
He resigned as News International Director in 2012, following the phone-hacking scandal that brought his Business practices under U.S. and U.K. scrutiny.
Family Life
He was born to Elisabeth and Keith Murdoch. He was married twice before wedding Wendi Deng in 1999. In 2013 he filed for divorce from Deng. He then married Jerry Hall in 2016. He has a total of six children: James, Lachlan, Elisabeth, Purdence, Chloe and Grace.
Associated With
He formed a close alliance with conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
