The 93-year-old media magnate Rupert Murdoch is married for the fifth time, his company News Corp confirmed on Sunday.
Murdoch and Elena Zhukova, a 67-year-old Russian-born retired molecular biologist, were married on Saturday in a ceremony at his winery in Bel Air, Calif. Photos of the newlyweds were published by News Corp. The couple announced their engagement March.
Murdoch was most recently married to model and actor Jerry HallThey married in 2016 and divorced in 2022.
Zhukova is the ex-wife of Alexander Zhukov, a billionaire energy investor and Russian politician. Her daughter Dasha was previously married to the Russian Billionaire Roman Abramovichthe previous owner of Premier League football club Chelsea.
Last autumn resigned as head of the parent company of Fox News and its media holdings News Corp. His son Lachlan took his place in a media empire that spans continents and has helped shape modern American politics.
In 1952, Murdoch inherited a newspaper from his father in his native Australia. Over the many years, he built a news and entertainment company that was well-known within the US and the UK and owned such well-known newspapers as The Times of London and The Wall Street Journal.
Fox News Channel, the 24-hour network founded in 1996, has had a significant impact on television and has turn into a preferred news source for a lot of conservative U.S. viewers and politicians.
