Rupert Murdoch, officially known as Keith Rupert Murdoch an Australian-born American businessman and media proprietor.
Through his company News Corp, he’s the owner of hundreds of local, national, and international publishing outlets around the world.
In the UK, Rupert Murdoch owns; The Sun and The Times, in Australia; The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, and The Australian, in the US; The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post.
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He also owns book publisher HarperCollins and the television broadcasting channels Sky News Australia and Fox News, through the Fox Corporation.
Rupert Murdoch was also the owner of Sky (until 2018), 21st Century Fox (until 2019), and the now-defunct News of the World.
Many of his papers and television channels have been accused of biased and misleading coverage to support his business interests and political allies.
A number of people have credited Rupert Murdoch’s influence with major political developments in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia.
In March 2023, Rupert Murdoch hit major headlines after it was disclosed, he was set to marry for the fifth time at the age of 92.
This comes a few days after the media tycoon announced his engagement to his partner Ann Lesley Smith, a former police chaplain.
Mr. Murdoch, 92, and Ms. Smith, 66, met in September 2022 at an event at his vineyard in California.
He proposed during St Patrick’s Day festivities in New York with an Asscher-cut diamond solitaire engagement ring that he “personally selected”.
Announcing the engagement in the New York Post, which is owned by Mr. Murdoch’s News Corporation, he said: “I was very nervous. I dreaded falling in love – but I knew this would be my last. It better be. I’m happy.
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Rupert Murdoch Wife
Who Is Rupert Murdoch Wife?
As of March 2023, Rupert Murdoch had been married on four different occasions and was set to marry for the fifth time at 92.
His first marriage was to Patricia Booker. She was an Australian flight attendant. The couple got married in 1952 and they separated in 1967.
Rupert married his second wife, Anna Murdoch Mann, a Scottish journalist. They tied the knot in 1967 and split in 1999.
In 1999, he got married to Wendi Murdoch, his third wife who was an American entrepreneur. The love birds got married in 1999 and then separated in 2013.
Rupert’s fourth marriage was to the American model, Jerry Hall. The pair tied the knot in 2016 and separated last year (2022).
At the time of this writing, the business mogul was preparing to marry his fifth wife, Ann Lesley Smith who happens to be a former prison chaplain, model, radio journalist, and singer-songwriter.
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