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Rupert Murdoch

1931 - Today

Rupert Murdoch

Keith Rupert Murdoch ( MUR-dok; born 11 March 1931) is an Australian-American retired business magnate, investor, and media mogul. Through his company News Corp, he is the owner of hundreds of local, national, and international publishing outlets around the world, including in the United Kingdom (The Sun and The Times), in Australia (The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, and The Australian), in the United States (The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post), book publisher HarperCollins, and the television broadcasting channels Sky News Australia and Fox News (through the Fox Corporation). He was also the owner of Sky (until 2018), 21st Century Fox (until 2019), and the now-defunct News of the World. With a net worth of US$21.7 billion as of 2 March 2022, Murdoch is the 31st richest person in the United States and the 71st richest in the world according to Forbes magazine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rupert Murdoch is the 74th most popular businessperson (down from 46th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Australia (down from 6th in 2019) and the most popular Australian Businessperson.

Rupert Murdoch is most famous for being the founder of News Corporation, the company that owns Fox News.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Rupert Murdoch ranks 74 out of 847. Before him are Robert Bosch, Dietrich Mateschitz, J. Paul Getty, Martin Cooper, Jakob Fugger, and Sergei Diaghilev. After him are Henri Nestlé, Richard Branson, N. R. Narayana Murthy, Larry Fink, Flavio Briatore, and Robert Kardashian.

Most Popular Businesspeople in Wikipedia

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Robert Bosch
1861 - 1942
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 68
Dietrich Mateschitz
1944 - 2022
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 69
J. Paul Getty
1892 - 1976
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 70
Martin Cooper
1928 - Present
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 71
Jakob Fugger
1459 - 1525
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 72
Sergei Diaghilev
1872 - 1929
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 73
Rupert Murdoch
1931 - Present
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 74
Henri Nestlé
1814 - 1890
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 75
Richard Branson
1950 - Present
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 76
N. R. Narayana Murthy
1946 - Present
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 77
Larry Fink
1952 - Present
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 78
Flavio Briatore
1950 - Present
HPI: 70.91
Rank: 79
Robert Kardashian
1944 - 2003
HPI: 70.90
Rank: 80

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Rupert Murdoch ranks 39. Before him are Leonard Nimoy, D. B. Cooper, Anne Bancroft, Ian Holm, James Earl Jones, and João Gilberto. After him are James Cronin, David Lee, Larry Hagman, Aldo Rossi, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, and Richard F. Heck.

Others Born in 1931

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Leonard Nimoy
ACTOR
1931 - 2015
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 33
D. B. Cooper
PIRATE
1931 - 1971
HPI: 72.05
Rank: 34
Anne Bancroft
ACTOR
1931 - 2005
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 35
Ian Holm
ACTOR
1931 - 2020
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 36
James Earl Jones
ACTOR
1931 - 2024
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 37
João Gilberto
MUSICIAN
1931 - 2019
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 38
Rupert Murdoch
BUSINESSPERSON
1931 - Present
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 39
James Cronin
PHYSICIST
1931 - 2016
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 40
David Lee
PHYSICIST
1931 - Present
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 41
Larry Hagman
ACTOR
1931 - 2012
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 42
Aldo Rossi
ARCHITECT
1931 - 1997
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 43
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1931 - Present
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 44
Richard F. Heck
CHEMIST
1931 - 2015
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 45