The media baron was additionally briefly engaged to US mannequin and radio host Ann Lesley Smith. (File)
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is getting married to his girlfriend Elena Zhukova, his group introduced on Friday. The 92-year-old tycoon will marry the 67-year-old Russian molecular biologist in July at his California wine property. Ms Zhukova met Rupert Murdoch throughout a household gathering organised by one among his ex wives.
That is Mr Murdoch’s sixth engagement and fifth wedding ceremony. Since 1956, the previous chairman of Fox and Information Corps has married 4 ladies and welcomed six kids from the marriages. The media baron was additionally briefly engaged to US mannequin and radio host Ann Lesley Smith who was 25 years his junior.
Here is what we all know concerning the many wives of Rupert Murdoch:
1. Patricia Booker
Mr Murdoch met Australian mannequin and flight attendant Patricia Booker within the Nineteen Fifties when he was 25. The couple married in 1956 and welcomed their daughter Prudence two years later. The couple parted methods after being married for 11 years in 1967. Ms Booker remarried quickly after the divorce and never a lot is understood about her life. She died in 1998.
2. Anna Maria Torv
Journalist Anna Maria grew to become Mr Murdoch’s second spouse simply months after he divorced his first partner Patricia Booker. The couple was married for 32 years until their divorce in 1999, marking the mogul’s longest marriage.
Prior to now, Ms Maria has described her ex-husband as ”extraordinarily exhausting, ruthless and decided” and mentioned ”the Rupert Murdoch that I liked died a very long time in the past.”
The couple has three kids: 56-year-old Elisabeth, 53-year-old Lachlan and 52-year-old James. Whereas Lachlan took over the reins as chairman of Fox Corp and Information Corp final yr, all three All have been concerned within the household enterprise.
3. Wendi Deng
Mr Murdoch and Wendi Deng received married simply two weeks after he finalised his divorce from his second spouse in 1999. He met the 30-year outdated Chinese language nationwide in Hong Kong in 1997 and so they married in a secret ceremony on his yacht in New York.
Ms Deng is an entrepreneur, film producer and artwork collector and shares two daughters — 23-year-old Grace and 21-year-old Chloe — along with her ex-husband.
4. Jerry Corridor
In 2016, Mr Murdoch was launched to his fourth spouse Jerry Corridor, a US mannequin and actor, by one among his sisters. After they married, Mr Murdoch mentioned he felt ”just like the luckiest AND happiest man on the planet” in a tweet.
Earlier than assembly him, Jerry Corridor dated Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger and has 4 kids with him. She was married to Ms Corridor for six years and divorced in 2022.