Rupert Murdoch marries for fifth time in ceremony at his California winery

Rupert Murdoch, 93, has married for the fifth time, his company, Information Corp, confirmed Sunday.

Murdoch, the media mogul who not too long ago stepped down as chairman of Fox Information and Information Corp, married Elena Zhukova, a 67-year-old Russian-born retired molecular biologist, on Saturday in a ceremony at his winery property in Bel Air, California. Pictures of the newly married couple have been launched by Information Corp. The couple introduced their engagement in March.

Zhukova studied on the College of California, Los Angeles, in keeping with a New York Occasions report in March. In her profession as a molecular biologist, she centered on diabetes. Zhukova can be the ex-wife of Alexander Zhukov, a billionaire power investor and Russian politician. Their daughter, Dasha, was beforehand married to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, who used to personal the Premier League soccer membership Chelsea. Abramovich was an early goal of Western sanctions after the Kremlin first invaded Ukraine in 2022. 

After Murdoch stepped down as chief of each Fox Information’ mother or father firm and his Information Corp media holdings, his son, Lachlan, took his place in a media empire that spans continents and helped to form fashionable American politics.

Murdoch, whose internet price is pegged at $9.77 billion, in keeping with the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, has been married 4 instances earlier than. Most not too long ago, he was engaged to retired dental hygienist Ann Lesley Smith, whom he by no means married. He was beforehand married to mannequin Jerry Corridor, whom he divorced in the summertime of 2022. 

His first three wives embrace Patricia Booker, Anna Murdoch Mann, and Wendi Murdoch. 

In 1952, Murdoch inherited a newspaper in his native Australia from his father. Over many years, he constructed a information and leisure enterprise that grew to become distinguished in america and Britain, together with possession of such notable newspapers as The Occasions of London and The Wall Avenue Journal.

Fox Information Channel, the 24-hour community based in 1996, has profoundly influenced tv, turning into a preferred information supply amongst many conservative U.S. audiences and politicians.