The Murdochs relationship map

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1885 to 2025

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People in The Murdochs

Keith Murdoch, Australian newspaperman, 1885 to 1952

Elisabeth Greene, His wife, later Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, 1909 to 2012

Patricia Booker, First wife, 1956 to 1967

Anna Murdoch Mann, Second wife, 1967 to 1999, from 1944

Rupert Murdoch, Built the empire, from 1931

Wendi Deng, Third wife, 1999 to 2013, from 1968

Jerry Hall, Fourth wife, 2016 to 2022, from 1956

Elena Zhukova, Fifth wife, from 2024

Prudence MacLeod, Eldest child, from 1958

Elisabeth Murdoch, Founded Shine, from 1968

Lachlan Murdoch, Sole trustee from 2025, from 1971

James Murdoch, Left the board in 2020, from 1972

Grace Murdoch, Wendi's elder daughter, from 2001

Chloe Murdoch, Wendi's younger daughter, from 2003

Crispin Odey, Prudence's first husband, from 1959

Alasdair MacLeod, Prudence's husband from 1989

Elkin Pianim, Elisabeth's first husband

Matthew Freud, Elisabeth's second husband, from 1963

Keith Tyson, Elisabeth's husband from 2017, from 1969

Sarah Murdoch, Lachlan's wife, from 1972

Kathryn Hufschmid, James's wife

Relationships in The Murdochs

Keith Murdoch and Elisabeth Greene: married to (family, confirmed, 1928 to 1952) source

Keith Murdoch -> Rupert Murdoch: father of (family, confirmed, from 1931) source

Elisabeth Greene -> Rupert Murdoch: mother of (family, confirmed, from 1931) source

Rupert Murdoch and Patricia Booker: married to (family, confirmed, 1956 to 1967) source

Rupert Murdoch and Anna Murdoch Mann: married to (family, confirmed, 1967 to 1999) source

Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng: married to (family, confirmed, 1999 to 2013) source

Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall: married to (family, confirmed, 2016 to 2022) source

Rupert Murdoch and Elena Zhukova: married to (family, confirmed, from 2024) source

Rupert Murdoch -> Prudence MacLeod: father of (family, confirmed, from 1958) source

Patricia Booker -> Prudence MacLeod: mother of (family, confirmed, from 1958) source

Rupert Murdoch -> Elisabeth Murdoch: father of (family, confirmed, from 1968) source

Anna Murdoch Mann -> Elisabeth Murdoch: mother of (family, confirmed, from 1968) source

Rupert Murdoch -> Lachlan Murdoch: father of (family, confirmed, from 1971) source

Anna Murdoch Mann -> Lachlan Murdoch: mother of (family, confirmed, from 1971) source

Rupert Murdoch -> James Murdoch: father of (family, confirmed, from 1972) source

Anna Murdoch Mann -> James Murdoch: mother of (family, confirmed, from 1972) source

Rupert Murdoch -> Grace Murdoch: father of (family, confirmed, from 2001) source

Wendi Deng -> Grace Murdoch: mother of (family, confirmed, from 2001) source

Rupert Murdoch -> Chloe Murdoch: father of (family, confirmed, from 2003) source

Wendi Deng -> Chloe Murdoch: mother of (family, confirmed, from 2003) source

Prudence MacLeod and Crispin Odey: married to (family, confirmed, 1985 to 1986) source

Prudence MacLeod and Alasdair MacLeod: married to (family, confirmed, from 1989) source

Elisabeth Murdoch and Elkin Pianim: married to (family, confirmed, 1993 to 1998) source

Elisabeth Murdoch and Matthew Freud: married to (family, confirmed, 2001 to 2014) source

Elisabeth Murdoch and Keith Tyson: married to (family, confirmed, from 2017) source

Lachlan Murdoch and Sarah Murdoch: married to (family, confirmed, from 1999) source

James Murdoch and Kathryn Hufschmid: married to (family, confirmed, from 2000) source

Lachlan Murdoch and James Murdoch: brothers (family, confirmed) source

Lachlan Murdoch and Elisabeth Murdoch: brother and sister (family, confirmed) source

Prudence MacLeod and Elisabeth Murdoch: sisters (family, confirmed) source

Rupert Murdoch -> Lachlan Murdoch: named him successor as chairman (business, confirmed, from 2023) source

Rupert Murdoch -> Lachlan Murdoch: moved to make him sole trustee (business, confirmed, 2024 to 2025) source

James Murdoch -> Rupert Murdoch: challenged the trust in Nevada (conflict, confirmed, 2024 to 2025) source

Elisabeth Murdoch -> Rupert Murdoch: challenged the trust in Nevada (conflict, confirmed, 2024 to 2025) source

Prudence MacLeod -> Rupert Murdoch: challenged the trust in Nevada (conflict, confirmed, 2024 to 2025) source

Lachlan Murdoch -> James Murdoch: bought out for 1.1 billion dollars (conflict, confirmed, 2025) source

Lachlan Murdoch -> Elisabeth Murdoch: bought out for 1.1 billion dollars (conflict, confirmed, 2025) source

Lachlan Murdoch -> Prudence MacLeod: bought out for 1.1 billion dollars (conflict, confirmed, 2025) source

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