Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch gets engaged at 92; Know about his 4 ex-wives and two-week fiancee

Washington: Ninety-two-year-old former Fox News Chairman Rupert Murdoch is engaged to 66-year-old retired scientist Elena Zhukova, Yahoo News reported.

A Murdoch spokesperson confirmed the engagement, which is his sixth, the report said on Thursday.

Australian-born Murdoch was rumoured to be dating Zhukova soon after his engagement to ex-police chaplain Ann Lesley Smith was abruptly called off in April 2023, just two weeks after they announced their wedding.

The wedding between Murdoch and Zhukova is planned for June at the former's California estate and vineyard, Moraga, the report added.

Zhukova's daughter had been married to Russian billionaire businessman Roman Abramovich.

Murdoch has been married four times before and has six children in total.

Patricia Booker

Patricia Booker, a Australian flight attendant, was Rupert Murdoch's first wife. When he was 25 years old, they got married in Australia in 1956. They were married for 11 years, had one child and got divorced in 1967.

Anna Mann

Murdoch married Scottish-born journalist Anna Mann in 1967. Torv and Murdoch separated in 1999 after 32 years of marriage. Elisabeth, Lachlan and James are their three kids.

Wendi Deng

17 days after divorce with Mann, Murdoch married 37 years younger Chinese-born American entrepreneur and media mogul Wendi Deng. They were married for 14 years. The couple had two children Grace and Chloe.

Jerry Hall

Murdoch married US model and actress Jerry Hall in 2016, following a five-month engagement.  They got divorced in 2022. They do not have children together.