The news recently that Rupert Murdoch – the tycoon who through his media empire raised some and brought others down – retired (officially) from active action, generally caused a feeling of relief in the world – especially in the political world.

Indicative of the omnipotence of the republican and populist Murdoch are two incidents: The former prime minister of Britain, Tony Blair, had gone so far as to admit that he was afraid to come into conflict with him, while in 2021, the president of the USA, Joe Biden, called him ” the most dangerous man in the world.”

The 92-year-old today Murdoch, in addition to his professional life, also had a turbulent personal life.

He officially had 4 wives and 6 children. In the meantime, he had several acquaintances and sometimes he got engaged.

Notably, last April the 92-year-old media mogul got engaged to his 66-year-old sweetheart Anne Leslie Smith, a former model and radio talk show host, with plans to marry in the summer – just a year after Murdoch finalized his divorce from his fourth wife, Jerry Hall;

Two weeks later the couple split and Murdoch went on holiday in the Ionian, on his impressive yacht, Vertigo, with his new partner, a woman named Elena Zhukova.

The Murdoch family tree (or who will inherit him)

Rupert Murdoch is considered the 83rd richest man on the planet, according to Forbes magazine, with an estimated fortune for 2021 of $22 billion, claimed by his six children (aged 19 to 64) from three marriages and his 13 grandchildren.

The most… favored are probably the three children he had with his second wife, Anna Maria – in fact, Lachlan Murdoch, 52, has taken over the helm of his father’s media empireas sole chairman of Fox News’ parent company, Fox Corporation, and News Corporation, owner of the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post and other newspapers.

Murdoch was married first to Patricia Booker (1956–1967), then to Anna Murdoch Mann from 1967 to 1999, then to Wendy Murdoch (1999–2013) and finally to Gerry Hall (2016–2022) – whom he is said to have broken up with a very polite… e-mail.

From his first 3 wives he had 6 children: Prudence, Elizabeth, Lachlan, James, Grace and Chloe.