Media magnate Rupert Murdoch has married for the fifth time, exchanging vows with Russian-born retired molecular biologist Elena Zhukova in a ceremony held at his vineyard estate in Bel Air, California.
Murdoch, 93, and Zhukova, 67, tied the knot on Saturday, just under three months after announcing their engagement. The Sun tabloid, owned by Murdoch, published photographs of the wedding, showing the groom in a black suit and yellow tie and the bride in an off-the-shoulder white gown.
Murdoch's fourth marriage to model and actress Jerry Hall ended in divorce in 2022. Prior to Hall, Murdoch was married to Chinese-born television executive Wendi Deng, Scottish-Australian journalist Anna Torv, and Australian flight attendant Patricia Booker.
The media mogul, who has six children, had previously announced his engagement to dental hygienist-turned-radio host Ann Lesley Smith last year, but the wedding was called off a few weeks later.
Elena Zhukova was formerly married to billionaire energy investor and Russian politician Alexander Zhukov.
Murdoch, who built a global media empire starting with the Adelaide-based newspaper The News in the 1950s, stepped down as the head of both Fox News's parent company and his News Corp media holdings in November.
His resignation transferred control of his media assets, which include Fox News, The Times of London, and The Wall Street Journal, to his son, Lachlan Murdoch.
