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Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch is an Australian American media mogul and founder of global media holding company News Corporation.

Born

11 Mar 1931

Industry

Business

Job Title

Businessman

Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks on stage as he joins Donald Trump on the campaign trail in Butler, Pennsylvania, on October 5, 2024. Photo: AFP

United States

As I see it | How Fukuyama goes from the end of history to the end of the West

China’s ruling model may be the only remedy for what the political writer argues is the erosion of free speech and free elections by media-controlling plutocrats.

11 Oct 2025 - 9:30AMvideocam

United States

Trump to approve TikTok deal via executive order this week: report

22 Sep 2025 - 10:51PMvideocam

TikTok

Fox News’ Rupert Murdoch and Dell CEO could take part in TikTok deal, says Trump

22 Sep 2025 - 1:27PMvideocam

United States

Murdoch family settles succession dispute as Lachlan gets media empire

Deal cements the eldest son’s control of the Murdoch media empire, while three siblings can each get US$1.1 billion.

9 Sep 2025 - 1:33PM

Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch in 2017. File photo: AFP

Biomedicine: Companies

China’s Jiangsu Hengrui signs licensing deal with Braveheart Bio for heart drug

The licensing deal for the HRS-1893 innovative drug could fetch as much as US$1.01 billion in milestone payments.

5 Sep 2025 - 4:20PM

Donald Trump

Trump asks for swift deposition of Rupert Murdoch in Epstein defamation case

Trump is suing The Wall Street Journal and owners, including Murdoch, over a report that Trump’s name was in a birthday card for Epstein.

29 Jul 2025 - 3:55AM

Donald Trump

Trump sues Rupert Murdoch, WSJ for US$10 billion over Epstein report

The US government has also asked a court to unseal grand jury transcripts in the criminal case against the disgraced financier.

19 Jul 2025 - 3:11PM

Donald Trump

Trump seeks release of Epstein grand jury documents, blasts birthday letter story

US president asks for release of documents, and threatens to sue over story about an alleged 2003 birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein.

18 Jul 2025 - 2:57PM

Horoscopes

Chinese horoscopes: what’s your luck like for July 2025, the Water Goat month?

Famous names born in the Year of the Goat include Ed Sheeran, Nicole Kidman, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Coco Chanel. Here’s a look at what the current Goat month has in store for you.

9 Jul 2025 - 3:01PM

Britain

Prince Harry loses appeal to restore his UK government-funded security

The ruling is likely to leave Prince Harry with a large bill to pay the UK government’s legal fees – in addition to his own lawyers’ costs.

2 May 2025 - 9:52PMvideocam

Harry, 40, the younger son of King Charles III, has bucked royal family convention by taking the government and tabloid press to court, where he has a mixed record. Photo: AFP

Trending in China

China artist, whose fans include Bill Gates, apologises for copying Belgian peer

Chinese artist, who displayed plagiarised work in art galleries in Amsterdam and London, had tried to sue Belgian counterpart for defamation.

5 Feb 2025 - 2:00PM

An artist in China, whose collectors include Bill Gates and Rupert Murdoch, has apologised to a Belgian counterpart for years of plagiarism. Photo: SCMP composite/Weibo

Britain

Rupert Murdoch’s UK news group apologises to Prince Harry

News Group Newspapers settled in the lawsuit over a phone hacking scandal.

22 Jan 2025 - 7:39PMvideocam

Trending in China

Profile | Who is Jolin Zhu? Chinese woman, sixth wife of elderly Oracle founder

33-year-old studied at prestigious language school in northeastern China, has been dubbed ‘the next Wendi Deng’ by online observers.

26 Dec 2024 - 10:21AM

The New York Times

Rupert Murdoch loses ‘Succession’ battle for son’s control of media empire: report

Media mogul’s attempt to put control of his news empire in eldest son Lachlan’s hands is rejected by Nevada court.

10 Dec 2024 - 10:58AMvideocam

Rupert Murdoch, centre, with his sons Lachlan, left, and James. File photo: Reuters

United States

Succession battle for Murdoch’s media empire plays out in US courtroom

The billionaire wants his eldest son Lachlan Murdoch to succeed him, but his other children are challenging the move in a Nevada court.

11 Sep 2024 - 1:32PM

Rupert Murdoch with his sons Lachlan (left) and James (right) in London. Photo: AP

Britain

UK election: major tabloid The Sun backs Labour over Sunak’s Tories

The last time the influential Murdoch-owned newspaper endorsed the party was during Tony Blair’s tenure from 1997.

4 Jul 2024 - 1:45AM

Britain

Harry accused of destroying evidence, ‘obfuscation’ in suit against Murdoch papers

A lawyer for the publisher of The Sun tabloid accused Prince Harry of destroying evidence it was seeking in his lawsuit claiming the newspaper violated his privacy

27 Jun 2024 - 9:36PM

Millionaires and billionaires

Billionaire media boss Rupert Murdoch’s 5 marriages – and 1 almost-marriage

It’s the media boss’s fifth wedding: he’s been married to Jerry Hall – who has children with Mick Jagger – as well as Wendi Deng, Anna Murdoch Mann and Patricia Booker

6 Jun 2024 - 7:00PM

Rupert Murdoch has been married five times over the years, including to Wendy Deng, his current wife Elena Zhukova, and Anna Murdoch Mann. Photo: AP, AFP

Millionaires and billionaires

Media magnate Rupert Murdoch, 93, marries for fifth time

Rupert Murdoch tied the knot with Elena Zhukova, a retired molecular biologist a quarter century younger than him.

3 Jun 2024 - 1:11PM

Fame and celebrity

Meet Lachlan Murdoch’s glamorous model wife of 25 years, Sarah Murdoch

Lachlan Murdoch’s wife Sarah was one of the fashion world’s most successful models in her heyday, and tried her hand at acting too – here’s what you need to know about her

21 May 2024 - 6:00AM

Millionaires and billionaires

5 of New York’s richest billionaires – net worths, ranked: from media to tech

Ever wondered how the Big Apple’s billionaires made their money? Here’s exactly how they did it – and what some have planned for it once they’re gone

3 May 2024 - 5:00AM

Michael Bloomberg, Julia Koch and Rupert Murdoch are three of the richest people in New York. Photos: @mikebloomberg, @julia_margaret_flesher_koch/Instagram; AFP

Millionaires and billionaires

Who is billionaire mogul Rupert Murdoch’s fifth wife-to-be, Elena Zhukova?

Murdoch, who broke off his fifth engagement with Ann Lesley Smith last year, met his current fiancée through Wendi Deng, his third wife

12 Mar 2024 - 6:00PM

Rupert Murdoch (right) is about to get married for the fifth time, to Russian biologist Elena Zhukova. Photo: X

United States

Rupert Murdoch, 92, is engaged again

The media mogul got engaged to his girlfriend, Elena Zhukova, which would mark his fifth trip down the aisle.

8 Mar 2024 - 10:14AM

Royalty

Prince Harry settles phone hacking claim, says mission to tame media continues

The British royal accepted ‘substantial’ damages from the Mirror group, which was accused of invading his privacy via illegal snooping.

10 Feb 2024 - 4:45AMvideocam

Royalty

UK’s King Charles and Princess Kate leave hospital after planned treatments

Charles spent 3 nights in hospital after a procedure for an enlarged prostate while Kate spent 2 weeks at the same London hospital following abdominal surgery.

30 Jan 2024 - 8:24AMvideocam

King Charles and Queen Camilla depart The London Clinic in central London, where Britain’s king had undergone a procedure for an enlarged prostate. Photo: PA Wire / dpa

Celebrity children

Who is Rupert Murdoch’s ‘wild child’ Gen Z granddaughter Charlotte Freud?

Charlotte aka ‘Tiarlie’ is the daughter of Elisabeth Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch’s second daughter, and PR specialist Matthew Freud – here’s what you need to know about her

28 Mar 2025 - 4:49PM

Rupert Murdoch’s granddaughter Charlotte Freud has quite the rep. Photo: @thisistiarlie/Instagram

Britain

Prince Harry, Elton John can take case against Daily Mail publisher to trial

Prince Harry, Elton John, and five other claimants accuse ANL, which publishes the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday, of phone-hacking and other serious privacy breaches dating back 30 years.

10 Nov 2023 - 8:07PM

Outside In | Murdoch’s star is waning, and that can only be good news

The media mogul has arguably shaped the news business as no one else has, but his legacy is also tainted by scandals over journalistic ethics and his role in stirring the pot of populist politics. His son and successor now faces multiple challenges, but the Murdoch star may have waned.

29 Sep 2023 - 4:14PMvideocam

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