Rupert Murdoch once tweeted he was “the luckiest and happiest man in world” when he made model and actress Jerry Hall his fourth wife.
Like all billionaires, he’s never had to worry about the “for poorer” part of his wedding vows. He wed his first wife in 1952 and was married to her for five decades. Larry Ellison, the world’s 11th richest person and founder of Oracle, has been married four times. In hindsight, there has been speculation about whether Murdoch may have been trying to sell that property ahead of the divorce. Murdoch’s fourth divorce is unlikely to change the ownership structure of his empire. English poet Samuel Johnson once wrote that a second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.
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Rupert Murdoch is reportedly worth $17.6 billion, according to Forbes, the equivalent of about £14.5 billion. Rupert Murdoch has six children from previous relationships. After being together for 20 years, the couple split in 1999, with Hall citing Jagger’s infidelity as the reason for the break up.
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I said I’d hire the other two and take care of the bedroom bit.” The pre-nup was designed to give Ms Hall security should she outlive her husband. Ms Hall will have a “shared use” claim on properties the couple have acquired since marrying. It was earmarked for a £30m restoration project. “She will get a generous stipend to live – from £5m to £10m a year for the rest of her life. However the split is not expected to affect the succession plan for the Murdoch media empire, which includes News UK – publishers of The Times, The Sunday Times and The Sun – as well as The Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, book publisher HarperCollins and Fox News in the USA.
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Perhaps the most prominent of Jerry Hall’s exes that didn’t go on to become her husband (but who was once engaged to the model) was Roxy Music star Bryan Ferry. The couple were first linked back in 1975 after the model appeared on the cover of one of his albums. The second of Jerry and Mick’s children, James, was born in 1985 and is 37 years old. The youngest of Jerry Hall and Mick Jagger’s kids is Gabriel who was born in 1997 and is 25. Despite their separation and the end of their decades-long romance, Jerry Hall and Mick remained committed to co-parenting their children. “I learned from her to have fun with [beauty] and to not be afraid to be an individual. The eldest of their children, Elizabeth, who is sometimes known as ‘Lizzy’, was born in 1984 and is now 38 years old. Jerry and Mick later separated and begun divorce proceedings in 1999, with The Guardian (opens in new tab) reporting that a High Court Judge ruled that year that their marriage was null and void. Georgia May Jagger, the couple’s third child, was born in 1992 and is 30. Now it’s been alleged that Jerry and Rupert Murdoch are reportedly set to divorce, though the couple haven’t personally confirmed the news. Following this, Jerry was granted a decree of nullity and both she and Mick were said to be relieved that the legal proceedings to end their relationship were over. They are believed to have first become a couple back in 1977 and overall the couple were together for over two decades. Throughout her time in the public eye, Jerry’s given fans intriguing insights into her approach to life, relationships and parenthood.
Murdoch and the 65-year-old Hall, who got married at a mansion in central London in 2016, are yet to comment.
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This will be the fourth divorce for the media mogul Rupert Murdoch, 91. He married model Jerry Hall in 2016.
He ranks 31st in the richest persons list in the USA. And gets the 71st spot among the richest in the world. Prior to the marriage to media tycoon Rupert Murdoch in 2016, Ms Hall was in relationship with Sir Mick Jagger for 22 years from 1977 to 1999. Ms Hall and Mick share four children Elizabeth (38), James (36), Georgia (30) and Gabriel (24). He ranks 31st in the richest persons list in the USA. And gets the 71st spot among the richest in the world. Prior to the marriage to media tycoon Rupert Murdoch in 2016, Ms Hall was in relationship with Sir Mick Jagger for 22 years from 1977 to 1999. Ms Hall and Mick share four children Elizabeth (38), James (36), Georgia (30) and Gabriel (24).
Murdoch, a media titan, and Hall, a model and actress, were married for six years. Here's everything we know about their divorce.
Murdoch splits voting rights over that trust with his four oldest children — Lachlan, Elisabeth, James and Prudence — and has arranged them so that he can never be outvoted." Neither Murdoch nor Hall have publicly confirmed the divorce news. They had a whirlwind romance, and were soon engaged in January 2016 after just four months of dating.
Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall married in a civil ceremony in March 2016, a day before tying the knot in front of up to 200 friends and family members.
One of Murdoch and Hall's most recent appearances together was at Murdoch's 90th birthday party last year. They hosted their main wedding service for up to 200 loved ones at the historic Fleet Street's St. Brides Church the next day. According to Variety, Murdoch married his first wife Patricia Booker in 1956 before they divorced in 1967. Later that year, Murdoch married his third wife Wendi Deng in 1999; they split in 2013. Rev. Canon Dr. Alison Joyce, who led the service, told PEOPLE ahead of the wedding that the couple planned to incorporate both sets of children in the ceremony, making the nuptials "very much a family event for both of them, as their sons and daughters will be fully involved, which is very nice." The two began dating in the summer of 2015 after being introduced by one of Murdoch's sisters and his niece in Australia. They announced their engagement the following January and kept much of their romance private.