Everything about Elena Zhukova, 5th wife of media mogul Rupert Murdoch

Elena Zhukova is a retired molecular biologist.

Rupert Murdoch, 93, the media mogul who retired from the boards of Fox and News Corporation last year, married for the fifth time Saturday to Elena Zhukova at his Moraga winery in Bel Air , Los Angeles.

All about Elena Zhukova;

1. Elena Zhukova is a retired molecular biologist specializing in diabetes research. His contributions to this field include work conducted at the University of California, Los Angeles.
2. Originally from Moscow, the 67-year-old moved to the United States in 1991, during the final years of the Soviet Union.
3. Ms Zhukova met Rupert Murdoch at a family reunion hosted by his third ex-wife, Wendi Deng. Wendi Deng and Mr Murdoch were married for 14 years until their divorce in 2013.
4. Elena Zhukova has been married twice before, once to Russian oil billionaire Alexander Zhukov. They have a daughter together, Dasha Zhukova, 42.
5. Ms. Zhukova describes her family origins as part of the “usual, normal Moscow intelligentsia,” emphasizing her roots and connections to Moscow’s cultural and intellectual milieu.

Rupert Murdoch divorced his fourth wife, model Jerry Hall, in 2022. His former wives include Wendi Deng, Anna Murdoch Mann, and Patricia Booker, and he has a total of six children. After retiring from his senior role at News Corp last year, Mr Murdoch handed over the reins to his son Lachlan.

Despite his health problems, News Corp’s future appears stable, governed by a family trust in which Mr Murdoch and his four eldest children hold shares.