Rupert Murdoch: Media tycoon marries Elena Zhukova

Mr Murdoch and Ms Zhukova are stated to have met at a celebration hosted by one among his ex-wives, Chinese language-born entrepreneur Wendi Deng.

His different former spouses are Australian flight attendant Patricia Booker, Scottish-born journalist Anna Mann, and US mannequin and actress Jerry Corridor.

Ms Zhukova was beforehand married to Russian oil billionaire Alexander Zhukov, whereas their daughter Dasha – a socialite and businesswoman – was married to the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich till 2017.

Rupert Murdoch started his profession in Australia within the Nineteen Fifties – finally shopping for the Information of the World and the Solar newspapers within the UK in 1969.

He later bought a lot of US publications together with the New York Put up and Wall Avenue Journal.

In 1996, he launched Fox Information – now the most-watched TV information channel within the US.

By way of Information Corp, which was based in 2013, Mr Murdoch stays the proprietor of tons of of native, nationwide and worldwide media retailers.

His profession has not been with out controversy. One in all his most damaging moments was the infamous UK phone-hacking scandal that erupted after it emerged that the Information of the World had listened to murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler’s voicemails.

Final September, Mr Murdoch introduced he was stepping again from the main position in his media empire – handing the reins to his son Lachlan and later taking over the position of Chairman Emeritus of each Fox and Information Corp.