Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has got engaged to his microbiologist Russian girlfriend Elena Zhukova at the age of 92 years.
Former Fox News chairman Murdoch will soon marry 67-year-old Zukhova. The ceremony is likely to take place in California.
Elena Zhukova was formally married to Russian oil tycoon Alexander Zhukov. She is a biologist by profession.
The engagement of the media tycoon was also attended by his sons. Prior to this, Murdoch was married to Patricia Booker, a former flight attendant, journalist Anna Murdoch, and businesswoman Wendi Deng, who reportedly introduced him to Zhukova.
In 2016, he got married to former model Jerry Hall, his fourth wife. In August 2022, they officially got divorced.
Rupert Murdoch started his career in Australia in the 1950s. In 1969, he acquired the UK's News of the World and The Sun newspapers. Later on, he bought other US newspapers, such as the Wall Street Journal and New York Post. He founded Fox News in 1996, which is currently the US's most viewed TV news network.
Mr. Murdoch is still the owner of hundreds of local, national, and worldwide media businesses through News Corp, which was established in 2013. According to Bloomberg Billionaire, Rupert Murdoch is among the 300 richest people in the world.
