After four marriages behind him, the tycoon Rupert Murdoch, he decided to say “Yes” one more time, and is today getting married to Elena Zhukova67, a retired Russian biologist, known in the news for having previously been married to the Russian oil billionaire Alexander Zhukovwhile the daughter Dasha she was married to the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich until 2017.
The acquaintance and then the wedding
The two newlyweds have been a couple since the summer of 2023 when they met at a party organized by one of Murdoch’s ex-wives, the businesswoman of Chinese origin Wendi Deng. A few months of dating and then the decision to get married.
The ceremony was celebrated in Moraga, Murdoch’s Californian mansion, in the immense park of the villa, in the presence of a small circle of friends and relatives. The bride, from the photos released, wore an elegant white dress with off-the-shoulders and a bouquet of white lilies of the valley, while the groom was in an impeccable dark suit with a yellow tie.
The tycoon’s previous marriages
Murdoch is the father of six children and president emeritus of News Corporationwhich owns the Sun and some American media giants like the Wall Street Journal. He resigned as president in November when one of his sons Lachlan took over his role.
Four marriages behind her, the first was with the flight attendant Patricia Bookera union that lasted from 1956 to 1967 from which the firstborn was born Prudence. A few months after divorcing, the tycoon said yes to the Scottish journalist and writer Angela Torvfrom whom he got Lachlan, James and Elizabeth. The two then broke up in 1999, and just two months later the tycoon was ready to go to the altar again with Wendi Deng38 years his junior.
With her he had two daughters, Grace Helen And Chloe. The relationship ended when a scandal broke out over his wife Wendi’s association with the former British prime minister Tony Blair, family friend and godfather to their first daughter. We then arrive in 2016 when just six months after their first meeting, Murdoch marries the actress and model Jerry Hallknown for being the ex-wife of Mick Jagger.
But it didn’t end there, soon after, he got engaged to Ann Lesley Smith, a retired dental hygienist, but just two weeks after the announcement of the engagement the two broke up, because rumors told of a too radical evangelical faith on the part of the future bride. She then arrives in 2003 Elenaapparently – so we learn – the last woman he will lead to the altar, not so much because of her age, but: “Because the one that’s finally right“.
Murdoch’s career
The tycoon began building his media-based empire in Australia in the 1950s, eventually owning, among others, the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal. In 1996 he launched Fox News which today is the most watched all-news station in the United States.
According to what was reported by New York Times perhaps to reassure the various stock markets, the marriage to Elena will not affect the group’s management activities, which are controlled by a trust headed by his four eldest children.
