Rupert Murdoch marries for the fifth time | Information

Media magnate weds Russian-born retired molecular biologist at a ceremony in California.

Media magnate Rupert Murdoch has married for the fifth time, tying the knot with a Russian-born retired molecular biologist.

Murdoch, 93, and Elena Zhukova, 67, exchanged vows in a ceremony at his winery property in Bel Air, California on Saturday, lower than three months after the couple introduced they had been engaged.

Murdoch’s The Solar tabloid printed pictures of the groom sporting a black swimsuit and yellow tie and the bride wearing an off-the-shoulder white robe.

Visitors on the ceremony included Robert Kraft, the proprietor of the New England Patriots US soccer group, and Information Corp chief govt Robert Thomson.

Murdoch’s fourth marriage to mannequin and actor Jerry Corridor led to divorce in 2022.

The billionaire was beforehand married to Chinese language-born tv govt Wendi Deng, Scottish-Australian journalist Anna Torv, and Australian flight attendant Patricia Booker.

Murdoch, who has six kids, final 12 months introduced his engagement to dental hygienist-turned-conservative-radio host Ann Lesley Smith earlier than calling off the marriage a number of weeks later.

Zhukova was beforehand married to billionaire vitality investor and Russian politician Alexander Zhukov.

Murdoch, who constructed a world media empire after inheriting the Adelaide-based The Information newspaper within the Nineteen Fifties, in November stepped down as the pinnacle of each Fox Information’s father or mother firm and his Information Corp media holdings.

Murdoch’s shock resignation handed management of the media steady, which incorporates Fox Information, The Instances of London and The Wall Road Journal, to his son, Lachlan.