Rupert Murdoch gets married for the fifth time in a ceremony at his vineyard in California

Rupert Murdoch, 93, has married for the fifth time, his company News Corp confirmed on Sunday.

Murdoch, the media mogul who recently resigned as chairman of Fox News and News Corp, married Elena Zhukova, a 67-year-old Russian-born retired molecular biologist, on Saturday in a ceremony at his vineyard estate in Bel Air, California. Photos of the newlyweds were released by News Corp. The couple announced their engagement in March.

Zhukova attended the University of California, Los Angeles, according to a New York Times report in March. In her career as a molecular biologist she focused on diabetes. Zhukova is also the ex-wife of Alexander Zhukov, a billionaire energy investor and Russian politician. Their daughter Dasha was previously married to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, owner of Premier League football club Chelsea. Abramovich was one early target of Western sanctions after the Kremlin first invaded Ukraine in 2022.

After Murdoch stepped down as leader of both Fox News’ parent company and his media interests in News Corp, his son, Lachlan, took his place in a media empire that spans continents and helped shape modern American politics.

Murdoch, whose net worth is estimated at $9.77 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, has been married four times before. He was recently engaged to retired dental hygienist Ann Lesley Smith, whom he never married. He was previously married to model Jerry Hall, whom he divorced in the summer of 2022.

His first three wives include Patricia Booker, Anna Murdoch Mann and Wendi Murdoch.

In 1952, Murdoch inherited a newspaper from his father in his native Australia. Over the decades, he built a news and entertainment business that became prominent in the United States and Great Britain, including ownership of such notable newspapers as The Times of London and The Wall Street Journal.

Fox News Channel, the 24-hour network founded in 1996, has profoundly influenced television and become a popular news source among many conservative American viewers and politicians.