Billionaire Rupert Murdoch tied the knot for the sixth time on Saturday at a ceremony held at his vineyard in California.
The 93-year-old media mogul wed 67-year-old retired Russian biologist Elena Zhukova, News Corp., the media conglomerate said on Sunday.
The pair got married at Murdoch’s wine estate, Moraga, in Bel Air, California, a representative informed the Associated Press.
The bride donned a square-necked, white, three-quarter length Emilia Wickstead gown to exchange vows.
Murdoch was dressed in a black suit, white pocket square, and a tie the color of mild mustard.
He accessorized the ensemble with what looked to be black Hoka sneakers.
In March, Murdoch made public their sixth engagement. Shortly after the Fox News inventor called off his engagement to former police chaplain Ann Lesley Smith, the duo started dating in the summer of last year.
It is said that Murdoch got to know Zhukova through Wendi Deng, his third wife.
Zhukova was previously married to millionaire Alexander Zhukov, who was born in Russia and founded the global investment firm Interfinance.
The daughter of the former couple, Dasha Zhukova, is a philanthropist and art collector.
Since Murdoch and his four eldest children own shares of the family trust that controls these assets, it is doubtful that anything owned by Murdoch will change as a result of this marriage.
Murdoch has been the focus of fascination in News Corp.’s gossip rags due to his string of high-profile love affairs.
He initially married Patricia Booker, an Australian flight attendant, in 1956. Prudence was their only child.
After being married for 11 years, the couple was divorced in 1967.
Murdoch married Scottish journalist Anna Murdoch Mann (née Anna Maria Torv) in 1967 as well. The couple had three children: James, Lachlan, and Elisabeth, and Elisabeth, a daughter. 1999 saw the divorce of Murdoch and Mann. It is Murdoch’s longest partnership, spanning 32 years.
After his divorce from Mann was finalized, he married Wendi Deng, a Chinese-born businesswoman and film producer, in less than two weeks. Grace and Chloe were the two daughters of Deng and Murdoch. 2016 saw the couple’s divorce.
2016 saw Murdoch’s most recent marriage to American model Jerry Hall.
It took them six years to get divorced. Ann Lesley Smith, a former police chaplain, and he were briefly engaged, but their April 2023 wedding was put off.
Australian-born Murdoch is the owner of News Corp., which controls hundreds of regional, national, and worldwide media properties, such as HarperCollins, the Wall Street Journal, and Fox News.
An estimate of his net worth is $9.77 billion USD.
Murdoch made his announcement that he will be leaving his position as chairman of the board in September 2023. Lachlan, his son, was named as his replacement at Fox and the other media companies.
