Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch got married at the age of 93, 67-year-old Elena became his fifth bride

 

Rupert Murdoch has married for the fifth time. He has married retired biologist Elena Zhukova . 93-year-old Murdoch married 67-year-old Elena on Sunday at his Moraga Vineyard in California. A smiling photo of the two was released in Murdoch's British tabloid newspaper The Sun. He resigned from his post in November after leading his company for nearly 70 years.

In a photo from The Sun, a British tabloid newspaper owned by media tycoon Murdoch, the two are seen smiling next to each other. Murdoch is wearing a yellow tie with a suit, while Elena is wearing a white dress. Murdoch's fifth marriage comes more than a year after reports surfaced in April last year. A report in April said he was dating Elena four months after breaking off his two-week-long engagement with 67-year-old radio host Leslie Smith.

Murdoch divorced his fourth wife Hall through mail

Murdoch met Elena at a family function organized by his third ex-wife Wendi Deng. Murdoch divorced his third wife in 2013. He divorced his fourth wife, actress and model Jerry Hall, 67 years old, in 2022. Murdoch told his fourth wife Hall through mail that he now wants to end the relationship.

He has married these women

Murdoch's first wife Patricia Booker was from Melbourne. She was a flight attendant and department store model. His second wife's name was Anna Torv, who was a former newspaper journalist. When Torv was a reporter for Murdoch's Daily Mirror in Sydney, she got a chance to talk to Murdoch. After this, both of them got married. Torv and Murdoch separated in 1999 after 32 years of marriage. Murdoch has three children from his second marriage - Elizabeth, Lachlan and James.

Murdoch's third wife's name was Wendi Deng. She is a businesswoman of Chinese origin. She is more than 30 years younger than him. They met each other at a corporate party in Hong Kong. They have two children, Grace and Chloe. His fourth wife's name is Jerry Hall. After a five-month engagement, Murdoch married her in 2016 at St. Bride's Church in London.

Who is Rupert Murdoch?

Murdoch, born on 11 March 1931 in Melbourne, Australia, has been associated with the world of TV for a long time. He gave his voice to a TV series called 'The Simpsons' and was the executive producer of a TV series called Talk TV News. This show was aired a year ago in 2023. Currently, he owns The Sun and Times newspapers in the United Kingdom as well as Fox News and The Wall Street Journal in the US. However, his son Lachlan is handling all the managerial responsibilities.