NEW YORK: A spokesperson said on Thursday that Rupert Murdoch, 92, is engaged to Elena Zhukova, his girlfriend. This will be his sixth marriage.
According to a spokesperson, the nuptials will take place in California at Murdoch’s winery and estate in Moraga.
The next wedding will take place shortly after Rupert Murdoch resigned from his position as chairman of Fox and News Corp., capping a more than seven-decade tenure as the head of a vast media conglomerate.
The Moscow-born Zhukova is 67 years old, according to the New York Times. It was stated that Murdoch started dating the molecular biologist in retirement last summer.
Wendi Deng, Murdoch’s third wife, introduced them, the Daily Mail reported. After six years, Murdoch’s most recent marriage to model and actress Jerry Hall terminated in divorce in 2022. Mick Jagger, the vocalist of the Rolling Stones, had a long-term relationship with Hall before.
The media magnate and former San Francisco police chaplain Ann Lesley Smith called off their brief engagement a few weeks after it was announced last year. According to Vanity Fai, which cited a source, Murdoch had become uneasy with Smith’s vocally religious beliefs.
