Media mogul Rupert Murdoch gets engaged to girlfriend Elena Zhukova

Former head of Fox and Newscorp Rupert Murdoch, aged 92, has announced his engagement to Elena Zhukova.

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Rupert Murdoch has become engaged for the sixth time, at age 92. Credit: Victoria Jones/PA

Rupert Murdoch, 92, has become engaged to his girlfriend, Elena Zhukova, for what will be his fifth trip down the aisle.

The wedding will be held in California, at Murdoch's vineyard and estate, Moraga, a spokesperson said.

The impending nuptials come just months after Murdoch , ending a more than seven-decade career at the helm of a sprawling media empire.
The New York Times, which first reported the news, said Zhukova, who is from Moscow, is 67. She is a retired molecular biologist Murdoch began dating in the summer.

They met through Murdoch's third wife, Wendi Deng, according to a report in the Daily Mail.
Murdoch's most recent marriage, to actress and model Jerry Hall, ended in divorce in 2022 after six years.

The media mogul was briefly engaged last year to former San Francisco police chaplain Ann Lesley Smith, though the pair called off the engagement weeks later.
Vanity Fair reported the breakup, citing one source who said Murdoch had grown uncomfortable with Smith's outspoken evangelical views.

Moraga, where Murdoch is due to get married, is the same place where Murdoch and Walt Disney chief executive Bob Iger first discussed Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox, a $71 billion deal that closed in 2019.

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Published 8 March 2024 2:13pm
Source: AAP



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