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 workforce 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 marriage 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.
This 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 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 thought about her life. She died in 1998.
2. Anna Maria Torv
Journalist Anna Maria turned 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.
Previously, Ms Maria has described her ex-husband as “extraordinarily laborious, ruthless and decided” and stated “the Rupert Murdoch that I beloved 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 12 months, 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 previous Chinese language nationwide in Hong Kong in 1997 they usually 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 — together 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 stated he felt “just like the luckiest AND happiest man on this 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.
