93-year-old media billionaire Rupert Murdoch marries for the 5th time
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has tied the knot at the age of 93. Murdoch, who has been married four times previously, wed Elena Zhukova.
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Australian-born American media mogul Rupert Murdoch has married for the 5th time. The 93-year-old Murdoch wed Russian-born scientist Elena Zhukova.
The Sun newspaper published photos from the couple's wedding ceremony. The couple, who have been together for a few months, were married in California.
HOW DID THEY MEET?
Retired molecular biologist Zhukova is 67 years old.
It is reported that Murdoch and Zhukova met at a family gathering hosted by the media mogul's ex-wife, Wendi Deng. Murdoch and Deng were married for 14 years and decided to separate in 2013.
THE END OF AN ERA
Last year, Murdoch stepped down from his role at News Corporation, which includes famous TV channels such as Fox and Sky News.
MARRIED 4 TIMES
The media mogul was most recently engaged to Ann Lesley Smith, but the couple decided to separate two weeks later in April of last year. Murdoch had previously sat at the wedding table 4 times.
MURDOCH'S PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS
Rupert Murdoch was married to Australian flight attendant Patricia Booker from 1956 to 1967, to Scottish-born journalist Anna Mann from 1967 to 1999, and to Chinese-born entrepreneur Wendi Deng from 1999 to 2013. Murdoch separated from his last wife, the famous former model Jerry Hall, in 2022.