He has 6 children including Prudence, Elisabeth, Lachlan and James
MEDIA EMPIRE
became a media tycoon
Rupert Murdoch’s media empire has unveiled plans to launch a new UK television station and will bring Piers Morgan back to the screens as a presenter, threatening to further disrupt the rapidly shifting broadcasting sector.
Murdoch’s media empire includes Fox News, Fox Sports, the Fox Network, The Wall Street Journal, and HarperCollins.
In 1981, Murdoch bought The Times, his first British broadsheet, and, in 1985, became a naturalized US citizen, giving up his Australian citizenship, to satisfy the legal requirement for US television network ownership.
He won the companion of the Order or Australia in 1984
Worth: $17.1 billion.
In 2015, 21st Century Fox announced that Murdoch would be handing off new leadership roles to his two sons, James and Lachlan, keeping the company in the family. Lachlan, 48, now holds the role of co-chairman of News Corp and executive chairman and CEO of Fox Corporation
Fox corporation is owned by the Murdoch family via a family trust with 39.6% ownership share; Rupert Murdoch is chairman, while his son Lachlan Murdoch is executive chairman and CEO
