Elena Zhukova is a retired molecular biologist specializing in diabetes research.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, 92, is engaged to 67-year-old Elena Zhukova, his team has confirmed. The former Fox and News Corp chairman has been dating a Russian molecular biologist since last April. It is Mr Murdoch’s sixth engagement, with a wedding planned for June at his vineyard and estate in Moraga, California. The wedding reportedly took place less than a year after his brief engagement to conservative radio host Ann Leslie Smith. British Broadcasting Corporation.

Who is Elena Zhukova?

1) Elena Zhukova is a retired molecular biologist specializing in diabetes research. Her contributions to the field include work conducted at UCLA.

2) Elena Zhukova is from Moscow and moved to the United States in 1991, during the final years of the Soviet Union’s collapse.

3) Ms. Zhukova met Murdoch at a family gathering organized by Murdoch’s third ex-wife, Wendi Deng. Wendi Deng and Mr. Murdoch were married for 14 years until their divorce in 2013.

4) Elena Zhukova has been married twice before, once to Russian oil billionaire Alexander Zhukov. They have a daughter, 42-year-old Dasha Zhukova. Elena Zhukova describes her family background as part of “ordinary, normal Moscow intellectuals”, emphasizing her roots and connection to Moscow’s cultural and intellectual milieu.

5) Rupert Murdoch divorced his fourth wife, supermodel Jerry Hall, in 2022. He has six children from previous wives including Wendi Deng, Anna Murdoch Mann and Patricia Booker. Last year, Murdoch handed over the reins to his son Lachlan after retiring from major roles at News Corp.

Despite concerns about his health, News Corp’s future appears stable, managed by a family trust in which Mr Murdoch and his four eldest children hold shares. Mr Murdoch will celebrate his 93rd birthday on March 11.