Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, 92, is engaged again
- Rupert Murdoch plans to wed 67-year-old Elena Zhukova in California in June
- He has been married four times before – his last to Jerry Hall ended in 2022
Rupert Murdoch, 92, got engaged to his girlfriend, Elena Zhukova, a spokesman said on Thursday, which would mark his fifth trip down the aisle.
The wedding will be held in California, at Murdoch’s vineyard and estate, Moraga, a spokesman said.
The impending nuptials come just months after Murdoch stepped down as chairman of Fox and News Corp, ending a more than seven-decade career at the helm of a sprawling media empire.
The New York Times, which first reported the news, said Zhukova, who is from Moscow, is 67. She is a retired molecular biologist whom Murdoch began dating in the summer, it added.
They met through Murdoch’s third wife, Wendi Deng, according to a report in the Daily Mail.
Elena Zhukova’s daughter, Dasha Zhukova, an arts patron and entrepreneur, was formerly married to the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, The Times said.
Murdoch’s roller-coaster personal life is often fodder for the tabloid newspaper industry that he helped create on three continents.