Zhukova, originally from Russia, immigrated to the United States and pursued a career in molecular biology before retiring. Murdoch has six children and has had a colorful marital history. His first marriage was to Patricia Booker, an Australian flight attendant, which ended in divorce in the late 1960s.
His second marriage, to Anna Torv, a journalist, lasted more than 30 years before divorcing in 1999.
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The media mogul then married Wendi Deng, which ended in 2013. His fourth wife was model Jerry Hall, known for his long-term relationship with Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger.
Murdoch, with a media empire including the Wall Street Journal and Fox News, among other influential media outlets, has a net worth of more than $20 billion according to Forbes.
An Australian by birth, Murdoch, who has six children, is chairman emeritus of News Corporation, which owns Fox News, the Wall Street Journal, the Sun and the Times. He gave up his chairmanship of Fox and News Corp in 2023 and handed the company over to his son Lachlan.
Murdoch and Zhukova reportedly crossed paths at a gathering hosted by Wendi Deng, who is married to Murdoch. The media titan’s journey began in Australia in the 1950s, culminating with the acquisition of British newspapers News of the World and the Sun in 1969. He later expanded his empire with acquisitions including the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal in the United States. In 1996, he launched Fox News, today the most-watched television news channel in the United States. Its media conglomerate, News Corp, founded in 2013, has hundreds of media outlets under its umbrella.
Murdoch’s media career has been marred by controversy. He was implicated in the British phone hacking scandal involving News of the World, which infiltrated the voicemails of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler.
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