Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch, AC, KCSG Australian-born American Media Business Magnate
Born: Rupert Keith Murdoch on 11 March 1931 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Father: Sir Keith Murdoch, managing director of Australia's News Limited.
Citizenship: Australia (until 1985) / United States (from 1985).
Australian-born American media business magnate. Murdoch became managing director of Australia's News Limited, inherited from his father Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch in 1952. He is the founder, chairman and CEO of global media holding company News Corporation, the world's second-largest media conglomerate, and its successors News Corp and 21st Century Fox after the conglomerate split on 28 June 2013.
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| Full name at birth | Rupert Keith Murdoch
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| Claim to fame | Founder and CEO of News Corp
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| Date of birth | 11 March 1931
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| Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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| Occupation | Chairman and CEO of News Corporation (1979–2013) Executive Chairman of News Corp (2013–present) Chairman and CEO of 21st Century Fox (2013–present)
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| Height | 5' 10" (178 cm)
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| Net worth | $13,000,000,000 USD
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- He was awarded the A.C. (Companion of the Order of Australia) on January 26, 1984 for his services to journalism and media in Australia.
- Played himself in an episode of "The Simpsons" (1989), introducing himself as "Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire tyrant", and was lampooned in several other episodes of the show.
- Studied politics, economics and philosophy at Worchester College, Oxford University.
- When he went on a buying spree of Australian newspapers, he was given the derisive nickname "Koala Kong" by his critics.
- Although a capitalist and supposedly conservative, Rupert Murdoch supported Senator Hilary Clinton (D-NY), as was mentioned on FOX News. The Aussie-American media baron who created the Fox News Channel in 1996 as a conservative counterpoint to what he considered the liberal Cable News Network (CNN), founded by outspoken liberal media baron Ted Turner in 1980.
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