Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch
Keith Rupert Murdoch /ˈmɜːrdɒk/, AC, KCSGis an Australian-born American media mogul. His father, Keith Arthur Murdoch, had been a reporter and editor and a senior executive of the Herald and Weekly Times newspaper publishing company covering all Australian states except New South Wales. After his father's death in 1952 Keith Rupert Murdoch declined to join his late father's registered public company and created his own private company, News Limited. Murdoch thus had full control as Chairman and CEO of global...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth11 March 1931
CityMelbourne, Australia
CountryUnited States of America
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