Rupert Murdoch handed over the reins of his empire explaining that it was time to take a step back.
But in his private life the media tycoon doesn't retreat even an inch and, at the age of 92, he gets engaged again and is about to pronounce his fifth fateful 'yes' next June.
The Fox patriarch will get married to Elena Zhukova, former mother-in-law of the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.
Invitations have already gone out for the big event to be held in Moraga, Murdoch's mansion in California.
The couple began dating last summer after the tycoon's previous engagement to police chaplain Ann Lesley Smith fell apart after just two weeks.
The two had been spotted on holiday together aboard a yacht not far from the coast of Corfu.
A scientist 25 years her junior, Zhukova arrived in the United States with her ex-husband as the era of the Soviet Union was coming to a close.
Murdoch and Zhukova met at an event organized by the tycoon's third wife Wendi Deng, a great friend of Dasha Zhukova, a Russian model known for her marriage to the oligarch and former owner of the Chelsea team Roman Abramovich.
The long-awaited wedding once again turns the spotlight on the private life of the tycoon, who for years has been at the center of gossip in the major tabloids and a source of inspiration for the multi-award winning TV series 'Succession'.
For Murdoch it will be the fifth marriage after those with Patricia Booker, Anna Murdoch Mann, Wendi Deng and Jerry Hall, Mick Jagger's ex-wife dumped in June 2022 with an email.
Last year he came close to remarrying Ann Lesley Smith, whom he proposed to on March 17, St. Patrick's Day.
Murdoch then said it would probably be his last wedding.
But the wedding never took place and in the meantime the tycoon met his new flame, now his next wife.
The expected yes should not have any repercussions on the future of his companies, controlled by a family trust whose shares belong to the tycoon and his four eldest children (he has six in total).
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