Biography of American capitalist Robert Murdoch
Robert MurdochA summary of Robert Murdoch's biography:
Full name: Keith Robert Murdoch
Date of birth: March 11, 1931
Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia
Nationality: Australian-American
Profession: American capitalist and the main shareholder of Nooz super company
Place of study: University of Oxford
Biography of Robert MurdochBiography of Robert Murdoch:
Keith Robert Murdoch was born on March 11, 1931 in Melbourne, Australia. His father was a veteran journalist who started his career as a political reporter for the Melbourne Age newspaper in Australia. His father was involved in the founding of the Journalists' Association of Australia and in 1933 he worked as the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, although later he became the manager of the Herald Weekly Times Australia newspaper group.
Robert Murdoch's father married Elizabeth Green in 1928 when he was 40 years old, the result of this marriage was 4 children; Robert with three other daughters.
From his childhood, Robert became familiar with the atmosphere of journalism and related techniques, and he himself became interested in his father's work. When he reached the age of ten, that is, in 1941, he was sent to Gilang Grammar School with his mother's insistence, but he was not satisfied with his studies in this school. For this reason, Red finished his studies in this school in 1947, and after being unemployed for a year, he entered the profession of journalism and worked in a school magazine called “F” and then started working in other school magazines.
About the life of Robert MurdochMurdoch chose England to continue his studies and entered Oxford University. He also worked with the English newspaper “Daily Express” between 1950 and 1952. Considering that Murdoch's work activities were intense, he was not very successful in the scientific field. He was reluctant to complete his early education in Australia, after which he went to England to continue his education at the insistence of his parents. He initially received his BA in Art from the University of Worcester, Oxford in 1952.
Even when he was studying, he did not give up his journalistic activities and despite all his busyness, he was able to receive his master's degree from the same university in the field of art in the following years. After that, Murdoch was only doing executive and management work of various media and he stopped continuing his studies.
In 1942, Robert's father retired from the position of editor of the Herald newspaper group, but he did not stop working with this group, he was suffering from heart disease and finally died in Melbourne in October 1952.
After the loss of his father, Robert returned to Australia very quickly and expected his father's big fortune to be his, but contrary to expectations, he received a small fortune from a newspaper called “Avalide News”.
At this time, Murdoch was 22 years old and very greedy for the newspaper. He bought the small newspaper immediately after the increase in circulation and in 1954 he was able to get the “Adelaide News” franchise.
Young photos of Robert MurdochMarriages of Robert Murdoch:
Murdoch has been married 4 times, “Patricia Booker” was his first wife who married in 1956, the result of this union was a daughter. Shortly after their marriage, in 1960, they separated from each other.
In 1967, he married “Annamaria Torf” for the second time and he has a daughter and 2 sons from this wife. He divorced her in 1999.
Robert Murdoch next to the statue of the Queen of EnglandMurdoch was always faced with many problems in his private life, these problems led to his separation from his previous wives, but the second divorce became one of the most noisy divorces because he sold most of his property worth 1/ He earned $7 billion in real estate and $110 million in cash after his divorce.
Two weeks after this incident, Murdoch, who was 69 years old, married his third wife, “Wendy Deng”, who was a 31-year-old young man, with whom he has two daughters.
Robert Murdoch now has a media empire and is the head of several prestigious and world-famous media outlets in New York, USA.
Robert Murdoch and his first wifeThe continuation of Robert Murdoch's investments:
A few years after buying the “Adelaide News” franchise, he was able to buy the “Daily Mail” newspaper in Sydney, he also added Australia's first national newspaper to it in 1964.
Robert Murdoch had regular visits to America in the 1950s. He had a special knowledge and view about America, and while he was studying at Oxford, he was involved with the complications of the “Cold War”. He believed that we should recognize the position of America as an official world superpower. He quickly fell in love with America and especially New York.
Continuing activities in America:
In 1960, Murdoch visited Cuba and was influenced by Fidel Castro; He wrote an article, the main discussion of which was about the cessation of US opposition to Cuba and that the future of Latin America is very much in danger.
In the early 1970s, this journalist moved his press work to America and bought many shares of several American newspapers. In the early 1980s, he decided to establish his presence in America, for this reason, he obtained American citizenship in 1985.
When Murdoch had a good relationship with Margaret Thatcher; He aimed to work next to Ronald Reagan in Washington, for this reason he strengthened his relations in the White House, he even attended the dinner banquet that Reagan held and friendly relations were established between him and “Richard Nixon”. .
Robert Murdoch and his third wifeRobert Murdoch's activity in Asia:
In 1993, Murdoch bought the Hong Kong Star TV company owned by Richard Lee for one billion dollars, and shortly after this, he established offices for it throughout Asia, from Hong Kong to India, China, and Japan. He covered more than 30 countries and established the largest satellite network in the East.
However, Star TV's expansion plan did not go as planned by Murdoch, as the Chinese government imposed restrictions on his activities and did not allow the network to reach most parts of China.
Photo of Robert Murdoch's fourth marriage Amount of wealth and power of Robert Murdoch:
According to Forbes magazine's 2017 list of the world's richest people, Murdoch was ranked 34th among the richest people in the United States and 96th among the world's richest people. His total personal assets are equal to 13.1 billion dollars.
Murdoch's name has been listed three times as the most influential person in the world on Time 100. Also, in 2017, he was ranked 35th in the list of the most powerful people in the world by Forbes.
Photos of Robert MurdochRobert Murdoch's political activities:
The experience of political activities that Murdoch gained in Australia determined his political activities around the world. From the very beginning, he supported the position of the Nationalist Party known as Country in Australia through the publication of the Australian newspaper, although it was later renamed to the National Party of Australia as his activities continued.
This party reciprocated Murdoch's support by facilitating the transfer of capital from Australia to England, as well as helping Murdoch to buy various publications in Australia. Having a short look at Murdoch's political and media life, one can see conservative right-wing views, but in the end, he only supported political parties based on his own interests and using his media.
American billionaire Robert MurdochOne of the proofs of this is Murdoch's support for the right-wing conservative party in England during the period of Margaret Thatcher and John Major in the late 1990s. He also supported the left-wing Labor party led by Tony Blair for about 10 years. Again in the 2010 election, when the Labor Party's power declined, it returned to its old allies in the Conservative Party and supported British Prime Minister David Cameron.
Murdoch's views in America were closer to the conservatives and the Republican Party, he fully supported the warmongering policies of George Bush. In October 2008, before Barack Obama became president, he met and talked with him at a hotel in New York.
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