Media baron Rupert Murdoch, 92, marries for fifth time

Murdoch has been married four times before.

New York:

According to the New York Times, media mogul Rupert Murdoch has not given up on love, even at the age of 92. Murdoch announced Thursday that he plans to marry his girlfriend, Elena Zhukova, in June.

Murdoch has been married four times before.

His roller-coaster personal life has often been fodder for the tabloid industry he helped create on three continents.

Last year, Murdoch announced his engagement to dental hygienist-turned-conservative radio host Ann Leslie Smith, but canceled their planned wedding less than a month later.

According to the Times, Zhukova immigrated to the United States from Russia and is a retired molecular biologist. She is 67 years old, a quarter of a century younger than Murdoch.

Her daughter, Dasha Zhukova, is an arts patron and entrepreneur who was married to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, The Times reported.

Murdoch’s wedding will reportedly be held at his Moraga Vineyard and Estate in California.

Murdoch’s last marriage was to model Jerry Hall, the former long-term partner of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger.

Murdoch has six children from his first wife, Australian flight attendant Patricia Booker, whom he divorced in the late 1960s.

He and his second wife, Anna Torv, a newspaper reporter, were together for more than 30 years before divorcing in 1999. His third marriage to Wendi Deng ended in 2013.

According to Forbes, Australian Rupert Murdoch, whose media empire includes the Wall Street Journal, Fox News and other influential media, is worth more than $20 billion.

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In November last year, Murdoch handed over control of his global media empire to his son Lachlan into retirement.

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