Rupert Murdoch marries for fifth time at 93

 Former chairperson of the Fox Corporation, Rupert Murdoch, the has tied the knot with Elena Zhukova.

The media executive had a “secretive ceremony” with Zhukova, a retired molecular biologist aged 67, according to local media.

The wedding was said to have been held at his Bel Air estate in California on Saturday.

The wedding comes about three months after the 93-year-old media mogul announced his engagement to Zhukova.

It was said that Murdoch met the scientist through a family gathering hosted by his third ex-wife, Wendi Deng.

Murdoch had been married to Deng for 14 years before filing for divorce in 2013.

In March 2023, Murdoch announced his engagement to Ann Lesley Smith, a former police chaplain.

However, he started dating Zhukova four months after he called off his two-week-long engagement to Smith.

Murdoch has been married four other times before and has six children.

His last wife was the former supermodel Jerry Hall, whom he divorced in 2022.

His other ex-wives include Wendi Deng, Anna Mann, and Patricia Booker.

In September 2023, the media executive stepped down as the chairman of Fox and News Corporation.

Through News Corp, founded in 2013, Murdoch remains the owner of hundreds of local, national, and international media outlets.

Zhukova, on the other hand, was previously married to Russian oil billionaire Alexander Zhukov.

Her daughter, Dasha, was previously married to Roman Abramovich, a Russian oligarch and former owner of the Chelsea football club.

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