Even at the age of 92, media tycoon Rupert Murdoch hasn’t given up on love. Murdoch said on Thursday that he intends to marry Elena Zhukova, his girlfriend, in June, according to The New York Times. Notably, Rupert Murdoch has previously been married four times.
His turbulent personal life frequently provides material for the tabloid newspaper industry, which he helped establish over three continents.
Less than a month after announcing his engagement to Ann Lesley Smith, a radio broadcaster and former dental hygienist turned conservative, Murdoch called off the wedding.
Zhukova, a former molecular biologist who came to the US from Russia, is 25 years younger than Rupert Murdoch at the age of 67.
Her daughter Dasha Zhukova, an entrepreneur and art patron, was formerly wed to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.
According to reports, Murdoch’s wedding would be at his Moraga winery and home in California.
Model Jerry Hall, a longtime lover of Rolling Stones vocalist Mick Jagger, was Murdoch’s previous spouse.
The six-child Murdoch was first married to Australian flight attendant Patricia Booker, from whom he separated in the late 1960s.
Before getting divorced in 1999, he was married for more than thirty years to newspaper reporter Anna Torv, his second wife. 2013 saw the termination of his third marriage to Wendi Deng.
Forbes estimates that the Australian-born media mogul, whose empire encompasses Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, and other major publications, is worth over $20 billion.
