Rupert Murdoch, 92, announced he is engaged to retired scientist Elena Zhukova, 67, after meeting her through his third wife, Wendi Deng.
The Fox patriarch began dating Zhukova over the summer after his previous engagement to former police chaplain and vineyard owner Ann Lesley Smith was called off just two weeks after it was announced.
DailyMail.com revealed that the pair began dating in August when they were spotted sailing in the Mediterranean during a family summer holiday.
She is the mother of Dasha Zhukova, a Russian socialite famous for her marriage to Russian oligarch and former Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich.
Dasha and Murdoch’s third wife, Wendi Deng, are great friends in New York and it seems that’s the connection. “They met through Wendi and Dasha,” a source said.
Rupert Murdoch, 92, announced he is engaged to retired scientist Elena Zhukova, 67, after meeting her through his third wife, Wendi Deng.
Murdoch, who has been married four other times and has six children, announced he would step down as chairman of Fox and News Corp in September.
Zhukova is a twice-divorced molecular biologist and diabetes specialist. She has lived in the United States for more than three decades after leaving Russia in 1991 with her daughter.
Wedding invitations have been sent out and the event will take place in June at Murdoch’s California estate, Moraga, it was reported. The New York Times.
Zhukova is a twice-divorced molecular biologist and diabetes specialist. She has lived in the United States for more than three decades after leaving Russia in 1991 with her daughter.
Before retiring he worked in the medical research unit at UCLA. Sources said that she spends a lot of time with her grandchildren Dasha and Roman.
Dasha, 42, divorced Abramovich in 2019 and their deal included a four-story house in Manhattan. She is now married to Stavros Niarchos, the billionaire heir to the shipping dynasty.
Murdoch, who has been married four other times and has six children, announced he would step down as chairman of Fox and News Corp in September.
