Wedding ceremony bells are ringing once more for Rupert Murdoch, the media mogul who just lately stepped down as chairman of Fox Information and Information Corp.
Murdoch, 92, is engaged to be married to his girlfriend, Elena Zhukova, a 67-year-old retired scientist, the Washington Publish reported, citing a supply near Murdoch. A ceremony is deliberate for June 1 on the renown media government’s California property and winery, Moraga, based on the report.
Representatives for Murdoch didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from CBS MoneyWatch.
Russian-born Zhukova studied on the College of California, Los Angeles, based on a New York Occasions report. In her profession as a molecular biologist, she targeted on diabetes. Zhukova’s daughter, Dasha Zhukova, was beforehand married to Russian oligarch and Putin ally Roman Abramovich, based on the identical report. Abramovich was an early goal of western sanctions after the Kremlin first invaded Ukraine in 2022.
When the pair stroll down the aisle, it is going to mark Murdoch’s fifth marriage ceremony.
Murdoch, whose web price is pegged at $8.3 billion, based on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, has been married 4 instances earlier than. Most just lately, he was engaged to retired dental hygienist Ann Lesley Smith, whom he by no means married. He was beforehand married to mannequin Jerry Corridor, whom he divorced in the summertime of 2022.
His first three wives embrace Patricia Booker, Anna Murdoch Mann, and Wendi Murdoch. Zhukova was beforehand married to billionaire power investor Alexander Zhukov.
