Murdoch Rupert (Rupert Murdoch)

Murdoch Rupert (Rupert Murdoch)

Biography

Family

1956-2014

Rupert Murdoch was married to Australian air hostess Patricia Booker from 1956 to 1967, Scottish-born journalist Anna Mann from 1967 to 1999, and Chinese-born entrepreneur Wendy Deng from 1999 to 2014.

2022: Divorce from wife Jerry Hall

At the end of June 2022, American media mogul, founder and chairman of the board of one of the world's largest media conglomerate News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch, announced a divorce from his wife, model Jerry Hall. Murdoch ranks 76th on the Forbes list of billionaires, and his fortune is estimated at $17.6 billion.

The divorce will be the fourth for 91-year-old Rupert Murdoch. Jerry Hall, 65, was previously in a relationship with Mick Jagger for 22 years, they have four children in common, but they did not officially formalize their relationship, the marriage with Rupert Murdoch was the first for Jerry Hall. Their break-up came as a surprise to people close to the family, according to the BBC.

American media mogul Rupert Murdoch divorces

By June 2022, Murdoch has six children with different wives, and Jerry Hall, four with Mick Jagger. For a businessman, the marriage was the fourth, it became the shortest in his life.

Media mogul Murdoch earned his scandalous reputation back in the early 90s. The media controlled by him have repeatedly accused sports celebrities, artists, members of the royal family and ordinary citizens of hacking phones, bias and manipulation in order to support his business interests.

According to the BBC, the divorce is unlikely to greatly affect the ownership of Murdoch's media empire, which includes the parent companies of the Wall Street Journal, Fox News and the British newspapers The Times and Sunday Times.^[1]

2023: Marriage to Anne Leslie Smith

On March 20, 2023, it became known that Rupert Murdoch, the owner of MEDIA, film companies and publishers in,, USA, Australia To Europe Latin America and, Asia plans to marry for the fifth time.

According to the New York Post, the new chosen one of the 92-year-old media mogul was 66-year-old Ann Lesley Smith, a former chaplain of the San Francisco police. Her late husband was Chester Smith, a country singer and television host: he passed away in 2008.

Rupert Murdoch and Anne Leslie Smith

Rupert Murdoch and Anne Leslie Smith met in September 2022 during an event at the vineyards of media mogul Morag in Bel Air (California ). The engagement took place in New York on St. Patrick's Day - March 14, 2023, and the wedding is scheduled for the end of the summer of the same year.

In 2022, when there were about 200 guests in my vineyard, I met her, and we talked a little. Two weeks later, I called her. I was very nervous. I was afraid to fall in love, and I knew that this would be the last time. Let it happen. I'm happy. We're both looking forward to spending the second half of our lives together, "Murdoch said.

Rupert Murdoch and Anne Leslie Smith on the beach

The media mogul, whose fortune is estimated at more than $20 billion, presented his future wife with an Asher cut diamond ring. After the upcoming celebration, the couple intends to periodically live in one of their four residences - in California, Montana, New York and Britain.

I've been a widow for 14 years. Like Rupert, my husband was a businessman. He worked in local newspapers, developed radio and television stations, and also helped promote Univision. So I speak Rupert's language. We share the same beliefs. Approaching 70 means being in the last half of your life. I was waiting for the right moment, and friends are happy for me, "said Ann Leslie Smith.[2]

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