California. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has married for the fifth time at the age of 93. He married 67-year-old girlfriend Elena Zhukova in a California farmhouse.
According to a report by news agency AFP, Zhukova is a retired biologist. She came to America from Russia and settled. In April 2023, Murdoch’s engagement to ex-police officer Anne Leslie Smith suddenly broke off, shortly after he was reported to be dating Zhukova.
Murdoch, a father of six, was first married to Australian flight attendant Patricia Booker, whom he divorced in the late 1960s. After this, he was married secondly to Anna Torv, a newspaper reporter. The two lived together for almost 30 years and divorced in 1999.
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Murdoch then married Wendy Deng for the third time and divorced her in 2013. Murdoch’s fourth marriage was to model Jerry Hall. She was a longtime companion of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger.
Born in Australia, Murdoch is known as a media mogul. His media empire, which includes The Wall Street Journal, Fox News and other influential outlets, is worth more than $20 billion, according to Forbes. Last November, Murdoch handed over control of his worldwide media empire to his son Lachlan and took emeritus status.
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First published: June 3, 2024, 08:28 IST