Media giant Rupert Murdoch and model and actress Jerry Hall are divorced, according to two people who know the decision. People will only speak anonymously to discuss personal issues.
Murdoch spokesman Bryce Tom declined to comment. Hall’s representative was not immediately asked for comment.
Murdoch’s fourth divorce is unlikely to change the ownership structure of the businesses he owns, including Fox News and The Wall Street Journal’s parent company. The shares of the Murdoch family, a company founded by Mr. Murdoch, are in a tightly controlled trust. Mr. Murdoch split his voting rights over his trust with his four oldest children (Laclan, Elizabeth, James, Prudence) and arranged them so that he could never vote.
Still, the split can reverberate throughout his business empire. His business empire maintains strong influence in the United States and abroad through right-handed news brands such as Fox News Channel in the United States, Sun in the United Kingdom, and Sky News in Australia.
In the early days of marriage, aides and people near the family were willing to devote more time to his new wife, and his children, most importantly, his final choice. The company hierarchy said that his successor, Lachlan, had room to take the lead.
Some people near Mr. Murdoch were surprised to hear his division from Mr. Hall.
Murdoch and Hall married in March 2016 in a centuries-old mansion in central London.Mr. Murdoch described the opportunity as follows: Announced on Twitter He called himself “the luckiest and happiest man in the world” and stopped posting on the platform.
October-December Pairing — Hall is 65 years old. At the age of 91, Murdoch made the couple a regular subject of rival tabloids. Paparazzi regularly capture their smiles on pristine beaches, winter football stadiums, or the opening of a black tie.
Last year, Hall attended Murdoch’s 90th birthday party at Tavern on the Green, a fashionable restaurant in Central Park, according to one participant. Hall said he was fond of Murdoch during a festival attended by celebrities from the fields of business, sports and politics.
Previously, Murdoch was married to entrepreneur and investor Wendi Den from 1999 to 2014. More than 30 years later, he divorced his second wife, former newspaper reporter Anna, in 1999. Murdoch’s first wife was Patricia Booker, an Australian model who divorced in 1965.
Hall had previously been married to singer Mick Jagger, but the marriage was canceled in 1999.
