Rupert Murdoch marries Elena Zhukova, his fifth wife, in vineyard wedding

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Proper-wing media mogul Rupert Murdoch tied the knot Saturday for the fifth time, based on British tabloid newspaper the Solar.

The Solar, which is owned by Murdoch, launched photographs of the 93-year-old Australian billionaire alongside his 67-year-old spouse, retired molecular biologist Elena Zhukova, at his winery in Bel-Air, California, the place the ceremony befell.

Zhukova is the mom of Russian American artwork collector Dasha Zhukova, the previous spouse of Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.

Murdoch sat for many years on the helm of Fox Company and Information Corp, two media firms with retailers that embody the Wall Road Journal, the New York Submit and Fox Information.

Murdoch, who has a internet value of $9.77 billion based on Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index, introduced in November 2023 he would step down as chairman of each organizations, handing the reins over to his son Lachlan. Murdoch on the time maintained he would proceed an “energetic position” in Information Corp and nonetheless serves within the capability of chairman emeritus of the 2 firms.

He started relationship Zhukova final summer time, based on the New York Instances. The couple introduced their engagement in March.

Murdoch was most lately married to former supermodel Jerry Corridor. The couple divorced in 2022.

In March 2023, Murdoch proposed to Ann Lesley Smith however the engagement was known as off two weeks later.