తన అధ్వర్యంలో నడుస్తున్న 'ది టైమ్స్' లో జననాలు, వివాహాలు, మరణాల సెక్షన్ లో ఈ జంట ఈ విషయాన్ని ఈ విధంగా (పక్కన చూడండి) ప్రపంచానికి చాటింది. గత అక్టోబర్ లో ఆస్ట్రేలియా, న్యూజిలాండ్ జట్ల మధ్య లండన్ లో జరిగిన రగ్బీ ప్రపంచ కప్ ఫైనల్స్ లో వీరిద్దరూ జనాలకు కలిసి కనిపించారు. ఆస్ట్రేలియా లో పుట్టి అమెరికా జాతీయత స్వీకరించిన మర్దోక్ తన మూడో భార్య వెండీ డెంగ్ నుంచి 2013 లో విడాకులు తీసుకోగా, అమెరికాకు చెందిన హాల్ సర్ మిక్ తో 23 ఏళ్ళ బంధానికి 1999 లో తెరదించింది.
BBC వారి కథనం ప్రకారం రూ. మ. గారి పూర్వాపరాలు, ఘనతలు ఇలా వున్నాయి.
- Wealth: According to Forbes in 2015, Rupert Murdoch and his family have a net worth of $11.2 billion (£7.7bn), making him the 77th richest person on the planet.
- Newspapers: Born in 1931, he inherited two Adelaide newspapers from his father at the age of 22 and built his media empire from there. Now executive chairman of News Corporation, Rupert and his family control 120 newspapers in five countries, including the Sun and the Times in the UK, and also own book publisher HarperCollins.
- Television: The Murdoch family own a large cable TV network, including the Fox channels in the US. Rupert is also co-executive chairman, with his son Lachlan, of 21st Century Fox, and owns a large stake in broadcaster Sky.
- Personal life: He married Patricia Booker, a flight attendant from Melbourne, in 1956. They had one child, Prudence, and divorced in 1967. His second marriage to Glasgow-born journalist Anna Torv lasted 32 years, ending in 1999. They have three children, Elisabeth, Lachlan and James. His third marriage to Chinese-born businesswoman Wendy Deng ended in 2013 after 14 years and two children, Grace and Chloe.
- Controversy: His battles with striking journalists in 1986 outside his newspapers' Wapping headquarters heralded a revolution in Fleet Street. Some 5,000 staff lost their jobs, but the move also spelled an end to over-manning and restrictive practices. More than 20 years later, he was in the spotlight over the phone hacking scandal, infamously being attacked with a foam pie during a meeting with MPs.
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