Media mogul Rupert Murdoch tied the knot Saturday for the fifth time, according to British tabloid newspaper the Sun.

The Sun, which is owned by Murdoch, released photos of the 93-year-old Australian billionaire alongside his 67-year-old wife, retired molecular biologist Elena Zhukova, at his vineyard in Bel-Air, California, the United States, where the ceremony took place.

Zhukova studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, according to a New York Times report in March. In her career as a molecular biologist, she focused on diabetes. She is the ex-wife of Alexander Zhukov, a billionaire energy investor and Russian politician. Their daughter, Dasha, was previously married to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, who used to own the Premier League soccer club Chelsea.

Murdoch reportedly started dating Zhukova last summer after he met her through his third wife, Wendi Deng.

Murdoch sat for decades at the helm of Fox Corporation and News Corp, two media companies with outlets that include the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post and Fox News.

Murdoch, who has a net worth of US$9.77 billion according to Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index, announced he would step down in November 2023 as chairman of both organizations, handing the reins over to his son Lachlan and transitioning to the role of chairman emeritus.

“For my entire professional life, I have been engaged daily with news and ideas, and that will not change,” he wrote in a letter to employees in September. “But the time is right for me to take on different roles, knowing that we have truly talented teams and a passionate, principled leader in Lachlan who will become sole chairman of both companies.”

He began dating Zhukova last summer, according to The New York Times. The couple announced their engagement in March.

In March 2023, Murdoch proposed to retired dental hygienist Ann Lesley Smith but the engagement was called off two weeks later. He was previously married to model Jerry Hall from 2016 to 2022. He first tied the knot in 1956 to Patricia Booker, but they divorced 11 years later in 1967. They share one child. He later married his second wife, Anna Maria Torv, in 1967, and they had three children together. The pair split in 1999 after 32 years of marriage. Murdoch and Deng, his third wife, got married in 1999, but they divorced in 2013. They also share two children together.

In 1952, Murdoch inherited a newspaper in his native Australia from his father. Over decades, he built a news and entertainment enterprise that became prominent in the United States and Britain, including ownership of such notable newspapers as The Times of London and The Wall Street Journal.

(SD-Agencies)

Words to Learn 相关词汇

【结婚】jiéhūn tie the knot get married

【名誉】míngyù emeritus having retired but allowed to retain their title as an honor

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