「メディア王」マードック氏、９２歳で婚約 ５度目の結婚へ

【ニューヨークＡＦＰ＝時事】「メディア王」ルパート・マードック氏（９２）は７日、２５歳年下の交際相手、エレナ・ジューコワさん（６７）と６月に結婚する予定だと明らかにした。米紙ニューヨーク・タイムズが報じた。（写真はルパート・マードック氏。米アイダホ州サンバレーにて）
　マードック氏にとっては５度目の結婚となる。
　同紙によると、ジューコワさんはロシアから米国に移住した元分子生物学者。ジューコワさんの娘で起業家のダーシャさんは、ロシアのオリガルヒ（新興財閥）、ロマン・アブラモビッチ氏の元妻だという。
　結婚式は、マードック氏が所有する米カリフォルニア州のワイナリー「モラガ」で行われるという。
　オーストラリア出身のマードック氏率いるメディア帝国は、ウォールストリート・ジャーナル（ＷＳＪ）やＦＯＸニュースなど有力メディアを傘下としており、経済誌フォーブスによると、資産額は２００億ドル（約３兆円）を超える。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/03/08-18:36）

Media magnate Rupert Murdoch is not giving up on love -- even at age 92.
Murdoch announced Thursday that he plans to wed his girlfriend, Elena Zhukova, in June, The New York Times reported.
Murdoch has been married four times before.
His roller-coaster personal life is often fodder for the tabloid newspaper industry that he helped create on three continents.
Last year, Murdoch announced his engagement to dental hygienist-turned-conservative radio host Ann Lesley Smith, but called off the planned nuptials less than a month later.
Zhukova, who immigrated to the United States from Russia, is a retired molecular biologist who at 67 is a quarter century younger than Murdoch, The Times said.
Her daughter, Dasha Zhukova, an arts patron and entrepreneur, was formerly married to the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, The Times said.
Murdoch's wedding will reportedly take place at his California vineyard and estate, Moraga.
Murdoch's last marriage was to model Jerry Hall, former long-term partner of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger.
Murdoch, who has six children, was first married to Patricia Booker, an Australian flight attendant, whom he divorced in the late 1960s.
He and his second wife, Anna Torv, a newspaper reporter, were together more than 30 years before divorcing in 1999. His third marriage to Wendi Deng ended in 2013.
The Australian Murdoch, whose media empire includes The Wall Street Journal, Fox News and other influential outlets, is worth more than $20 billion, according to Forbes.
Murdoch handed over control of his global media empire to son Lachlan last November, shifting to an emeritus status.