The 93-year-old media mogul and his future fifth wife, 67-year-old Elena Zhukova, were brought together by his ex-third wife, who cheated on him with Tony Blair.
RBC news agency, 03/08/2024, “Rupert Murdoch marries Abramovich’s former mother-in-law”: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who will turn 93 on March 11, intends to marry 67-year-old Elena Zhukova, a molecular biologist and former mother-in-law of Russian businessman Roman Abramovich. About it The New York Times reports (NYT) citing Murdoch’s office. […] Murdoch and Zhukova have been in a relationship since the summer of 2023, the publication writes. According to the newspaper, the couple is now engaged and their wedding is scheduled for June. The Washington Post clarifies citing a source close to Murdoch that the wedding ceremony should take place on June 1. The event will take place at the media mogul’s Moraga vineyard estate in California, his representative told The New York Times. — Insert K.ru […] Mr Murdoch was married four times and engaged six times. Last year he ended his relationship with fiancée Anne Leslie Smith just two weeks after he proposed to her. The media mogul met Ms. Zhukova last summer through his famous third wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch, and quickly decided he intended to marry her, a spokesman told The New York Times on Thursday. Last August, following a whirlwind romance, Ms Zhukova and Mr Murdoch cruised the Mediterranean on the megayacht Christina O. with Murdoch’s daughters and Ms Deng on what was believed to be a family holiday. On this yacht, the rental of which costs $767,000 a week, Aristotle Onassis wooed Jackie Kennedy, and Prince Rainier and Grace Kelly held a wedding reception. Mr Murdoch’s latest engagement comes five months after he stepped down as chairman of his media empire News Corpwhich owns hundreds of local and national publications around the world. His new bride has extensive connections and a fortune comparable even to his own. The former scientist moves in the circles of Greek shipping magnates, the exclusive international art world and the shadowy circle of oligarchs linked to Vladimir Putin (*international criminal). Ms. Zhukova, who is twice divorced, moved to the United States from Moscow shortly before the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The diabetes specialist, a Jewish Russian-American, worked in medical research at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her ex-husband Alexander Zhukovwho is believed to be a relative of Marshal Zhukov, who commanded the Red Army during World War II, is currently a billionaire and British citizen living in London. The oil and transport tycoon’s tax schemes have come under scrutiny after information was leaked from “Panama Archives” he turned out to be connected to a network of offshore companies. Dashadaughter of Alexander and Elena, married Roman Abramovichone of Russia (*aggressor country)’s richest men, was twenty in 2008, while Abramovich, the owner of the Chelsea football club, was forty and had recently divorced for the second time. Mr. Abramovich made a fortune in oil during the turbulent 1990s before moving to London and using his billions to fund Chelsea’s sporting success. In 2022, he was forced to sell the club after the British government sanctioned him for “apparent links” to Vladimir Putin (*international criminal) following the illegal invasion of Ukraine in 2022. During their ten-year marriage, the couple invested huge amounts of money in creating the famous private collections of 300 works contemporary art, valued at almost a billion dollars. As part of the settlement, Abramovich transferred property worth about $92 million to Dasha, including a four-story mansion in Manhattan. Although their marriage did not last longDasha’s influence and authority in the art world have been preserved. Dasha now lives in New York and serves on the board of directors of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as on the boards of the Manhattan cultural center The Shed and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She publishes a biannual art magazine, in which she collaborates with artists such as Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons and fashion designer Marc Jacobs. Dasha, now 42, remarried in 2020 to Stavros Niarchos III, heir to the Greek shipping empire founded by the grandfather for whom he is named. My grandfather, who was at odds with Aristotle Onassis, made his fortune on supertankers after the Suez crisis. He was married five times, including to the daughter of Henry Ford II, the automobile magnate who was Henry Ford’s eldest grandson. He was also married to Aristotle Onassis’s first wife, who was the sister of his third wife and Marcionissa Blandford. Stavros Niarchos III’s father, Philip, inherited the family’s art collection, which includes Pablo Picasso’s self-portrait “Yo Picasso.” It is assumed that Philip added Van Gogh and works by Basquiat and Warhol to the collection. His wife, Stravros’ mother Victoria Guinness, is a descendant of the banking branch of the famous Irish Guinness family. While Arthur Guinness became a brewer, his brother Samuel and his family made their fortune in banking. The Australian newspaper magnate divorced his fourth wife, former supermodel Jerry Hall, in 2022 after six years of marriage. Mr Murdoch is understood to have notified her of the divorce in an email that read: “Jerry, unfortunately I have decided to end our marriage,” he wrote. “We’ve certainly had some good times, but I have a lot to do… My New York lawyer will contact you immediately.” 
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