Rupert Murdoch marries Abramovich's ex-mother-in-law

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is planning a wedding with the former mother-in-law of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, Elena Zhukova. This will be his fifth marriage. about this The American newspaper The New York Times writes , citing sources close to Murdoch.

According to them, 92-year-old Murdoch has already entered into an engagement to 67-year-old Zhukova. The wedding is planned for June. It will take place at the tycoon's estate in California.

Elena Zhukova is the ex-wife of Russian billionaire Alexander Zhukov and the mother of model Daria Zhukova, who was married to Roman Abramovich from 2008 to 2017.

According to the NYT, in the summer of 2022, Murdoch divorced his fourth wife, model and ex-wife of the frontman of the British group Rolling Stones Mick Jagger, Jerry Hall. In the spring of 2023, the media mogul became engaged to Anne Leslie Smith, but literally two weeks later the couple announced the end of their relationship.

Murdoch met Zhukova at a party with his third wife, Wendi Deng, in the summer of 2023. about their relationship . wrote In August , the British tabloid Daily Mail

Last year, Murdoch resigned as chairman of the board of the transnational media corporation he created, News Corp, and the American television channel Fox, handing over control to his children.

Murdoch began building his own media empire in the 1950s in Australia. In 1969, he bought two major British tabloids - News of the World and Sun, and later American publications - the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal - became part of the Murdoch corporation.

Rupert Murdoch ranks 280th on the Bloomberg billionaires list, with an estimated net worth of $9 billion.

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