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It is however reported per NYT that Murdoch and Hall’s split will not be affecting the ownership structure of businesses Murdoch holds stakes in, with NYT noting that his family’s shares reside in a strictly managed trust. “The Murdoch family’s shares in the companies Mr. Murdoch founded reside in a strictly managed trust. Mr. 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.” However, if the split ends up costing him, the NYT suggests it might “reverberate throughout his business empire.”
Rupert Murdoch’s – Marriage With Jerry Hall
The two married in 2016 in a private ceremony in London, with Hall wearing a pale blue, tea-length Vivian Westwood dress at her wedding to Murdoch. Her daughters Elizabeth Jagger and Georgia May Jagger, who she shares with ex Mick Jagger, served as her bridesmaids, after which Murdoch tweeted, “No more tweets for ten days or ever! Feel like the luckiest AND happiest man in world.”
During the early days of the marriage, “aides and people close to the family” said he was “happily devoting more time to his new wife,” per the NYT. This allowed his children, specifically his successor, Lachlan, to “assert themselves at the top of the corporate hierarchy.”
Up until 2019, Murdoch and Hall frequently attended red carpet events together, including the Tribeca Festival premiere of The Quiet One and Vanity Fair’s Oscars after-party that year. In 2021, Murdoch and Hall celebrated his 90th birthday at a party in New York City, attended by top execs such as NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft, Variety reported.
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The NYT reported that “two people with knowledge of the decision” spoke with them on the split between the 91-year-old Rupert and 65-year-old Jerry, but only if they could “speak anonymously to discuss a personal matter.” Apparently, sources close to Murdoch said they were surprised to hear of this split from Jerry Hall.
Rupert Murdoch And Jerry Hall’s Past Marriages
Actually, this would be the fourth time Murdoch would be having a divorce. Murdoch first married
Patricia Booker, the duo wed in 1956, they both share a daughter daughter Prudence Murdoch, they divorced in 1967.
Murdoch went on to marry his second ex-wife Anna Murdoch Mann, who he split from in 1999 after 32 years of marriage. They both share kids Elizabeth Murdoch, James Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch.
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Rupert Murdoch – Relationships
Murdoch then went on to marry his third ex-wife Wendi Murdoch, mother of their daughters Chloe Murdoch and Grace Murdoch, before they divorced in 2014.
Jerry Hall on the other hand was famously involved with Mick Jagger. She even married the Rolling Stones frontman in a 1990 ceremony. However, the union was annulled nine years later over missing paperwork. Thus, Mick’s marriage count is only at 1, officially, and that was to Bianca Jagger. However, Mick and Jerry do share four children together.
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