Personal Life
Keith Rupert Murdoch was born on March 11, 1931 in Melbourne, Australia. His father was a newspaper publisher and journalist. Therefore, Rupert Murdoch was raised in a life surrounded with a focus on publishing. He graduated from Geelong Grammar boarding school and attended Worcester College. When his father suddenly died in 1952, Rupert Murdoch inherited his father's newspapers. Murdoch married Patricia Booker in 1956. Together, they had one daughter, Prudence. The couple divorced in 1965. In 1967, Murdoch married Anna Torv. They had four children, and divorced in 1999. Seventeen days later, Murdoch married Wendi Deng. The couple had two children. They divorced in 2014. In 2016, Rupert Murdock married Jerry Hall. Rupert Murdock is currently 88 years old.
Business Life
After Rupert Murdoch's father died unexpectedly in 1952, Murdoch inherited his father's newspapers. He reconstructed his father's newspapers controversially. Rupert purchased the Sunday Times in 1956, the Mirror in 1960, The News of the World in 1968, and bought many other newspapers to expand his empire. Not to mention, Murdoch founded the Australian and transformed the Sun in the 1960's. Murdoch founded News Corporation in 1979 as a company to combine his various media companies. In 1985, Murdoch purchased 20th Century Fox Film Corporation and many other television stations. Combining these businesses together, Murdoch formed Fox. Inc. In 1990, Murdoch consolidated multiple American and British publishing companies he had purchased to form HarperCollins publishing company.
After the beginning of the 21st Century, Murdoch purchased Intermix Media. In 2011, He shut down The News of the World after a costly scandal. Murdoch reconstructed his businesses in 2013 into 2 separate companies. He divided all his companies into 21st Century Fox Inc. and News Corporation. Murdoch had decided to separate entertainment from publishing. Murdoch is additionally invested in the Los Angeles Lakers franchise and the Staples Center. He partially owns the Los Angeles Kings NHL franchise. In 2015, Murdoch granted leadership of 21st Century Fox to his son. He remained the executive co-chairman of the company. Following this change, in 2017, Disney bought a majority of 21st Century Fox. Murdoch had a net worth of 19.2 billion dollars as of June 23rd, 2018.
After the beginning of the 21st Century, Murdoch purchased Intermix Media. In 2011, He shut down The News of the World after a costly scandal. Murdoch reconstructed his businesses in 2013 into 2 separate companies. He divided all his companies into 21st Century Fox Inc. and News Corporation. Murdoch had decided to separate entertainment from publishing. Murdoch is additionally invested in the Los Angeles Lakers franchise and the Staples Center. He partially owns the Los Angeles Kings NHL franchise. In 2015, Murdoch granted leadership of 21st Century Fox to his son. He remained the executive co-chairman of the company. Following this change, in 2017, Disney bought a majority of 21st Century Fox. Murdoch had a net worth of 19.2 billion dollars as of June 23rd, 2018.
Rupert Murdock and his third wife Wendy Deng.