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Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch is not giving up on love even at age 92,He set to marry 5th time !
Rupert Murdoch got engaged to his girlfriend Elena Zhukova, a spokesman said. The 92-year-old is set to marry for the fifth time. The wedding will be held in California at his vineyard and estate, Moraga. This comes just months after Rupert Murdoch stepped down as chairman of Fox and News Corp.On Thursday, Mr. Murdoch’s office said that he planned to marry his girlfriend, Elena Zhukova, 67, a retired molecular biologist whom he started dating in the summer.
The New York Times, which first reported the news, said Ms Zhukova and Mr Murdoch began dating in the summer.
The marriage is expected to take place in California, at Mr Murdoch’s vineyard and estate, Moraga. This will be Mr Murdoch’s sixth engagement and it will be his fifth trip down the aisle. The impending nuptials come just months after Mr Murdoch stepped down as chairman of News Corporation and Fox News.
Who is Rupert Murdoch?
Rupert Murdoch is a renowned media executive who served as the co-chairman of Fox Corporation, and the executive chairman of News Corp, the parent company of The Wall Street Journal, HarperCollins, and the New York Post.On September 21, 2023, Murdoch announced his plans to “transition” from his current positions at Fox and News Corp and take on the role of chairman emeritus, effective in November 2023. He also announced that his son Lachlan, whom he called a “passionate, principled leader,” would become the sole chairman of both companies.
Murdoch’s publicly traded and New York-based company News Corp owns hundreds of local, national and international digital news outlets including the Wall Street Journal, Fox News and Sky News Australia, as well as book publisher HarperCollins.
List of Murdoch’s wives:
Mr Murdoch divorced his fourth wife Jerry Hall in August 2022. After he divorced Jerry Hall, the model and ex-wife of Mick Jagger, in the summer of 2022, he became engaged to Ann Lesley Smith, a retired dental hygienist, in the spring of 2023. He abruptly broke off that engagement.
He was previously married to entrepreneur Wendi Deng, whom he divorced in 2014 after 14 years of marriage. They have two daughters together.
Mr. Murdoch split from his second wife Anna Murdoch Mann, a Scottish journalist with whom he had three children, in 1999.
His first wife, Patricia Booker, was a former flight attendant with whom he had a daughter. They divorced in 1966.
How he met with Elena Zhukova:
Murdoch met Zhukova through a large family gathering hosted by his third ex-wife, Wendi Deng, whom he stayed married to for 14 years before filing for divorce in 2013.
Who is Elena Zhukova:
Elena Zhukova is a retired molecular biologist, specialising in diabetes research. Her contributions in this field include work conducted at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is originally from Moscow, Elena Zhukova moved to the United States in 1991, during the final years of the Soviet Union.
Elena Zhukova was previously married twice, once to Russian oil billionaire, Alexander Zhukov. They have a daughter together, Dasha Zhukova, 42. Elena Zhukova describes her family background as part of the “usual, normal Moscow intelligentsia,” highlighting her roots and connection to the cultural and intellectual milieu of Moscow.
Rupert Murdoch’s career:
Rupert Murdoch began his career in Australia in the 1950s. He bought News of the World and The Sun newspapers in the UK in 1969 and also purchased a number of US publications including the New York Post and Wall Street Journal.
In 1996, he launched Fox News and founded News Corp in 2013. Last year, Rupert Murdoch announced that he was stepping back from the leading role in his media empire. He handed the reins to his son Lachlan and later took on the role of Chairman Emeritus of both Fox and News Corp.YOU MAY ALSO READ :- Saahir ludhianvi birthday special : साहिर लुधियानवी एक ऐसे कवि थे जिन्होंने अपनी एक कविता के चक्कर मे लाहौर छोड़ने पर मजबूर हो गए थे!
