Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch (English: Rupert Murdoch, March 11, 1931 -), born in Melbourne, Australia, now lives in the United States. He is the world's leading news media tycoon. He currently holds 14% of News Corporation's shares and 39.4% of the voting rights and is the chairman and largest shareholder of Fox Corporation. His family ranked 52nd on Forbes' 2019 list of the world's billionaires, with assets of US$19.4 billion. In September 2023, Murdoch announced that he would officially retire as chairman of News Corporation and Fox Corporation in November. Many of Murdoch's newspapers and television stations have been accused of biased and misleading reporting in order to support his business interests and political allies and influence major political developments in Britain, the United States and Australia.