Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Angel

Investor Stage

Seed

K. Rupert Murdoch is an Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors at News Corp, the largest news and information services provider in the English speaking world comprising leading newspapers in each of the US, Australia and the UK; integrated marketing services; digital real estate services; book publishing; digital education; as well as sports programming and pay-TV distribution in Australia.

Rupert was previously Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of News Corporation prior to the company’s separation into two distinct, publicly traded companies in 2013.

Rupert has been an Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors at 21st Century Fox, the media and entertainment company created by the separation, since July 2015, after serving as its Chief Executive Officer from 1979 to July 2015 and its Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1991.

In 1954, Rupert took control of News Limited, an Australian-based public corporation whose only key asset at the time was a majority interest in the number-two daily newspaper in Adelaide, South Australia. Since then Rupert oversaw the expansion and development of News Corporation into the most international of media businesses.

Rupert has been awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia (A.C.) for services to the media and to newspaper publishing in particular. Throughout News Corporation’s history, Rupert and his family have been closely involved with, and made generous contributions to various educational, cultural, and medical charitable organizations throughout the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Asia and Israel. Rupert has six children.