Rupert Murdoch

Keith Rupert Murdoch, born on March 11, 1931, is an Australian-born American business magnate, investor, and media proprietor. He is the owner of numerous publishing outlets worldwide, including The Sun and The Times in the UK, The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, and The Australian in Australia, and The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post in the US. Murdoch also owns book publisher HarperCollins and television broadcasting channels such as Sky News Australia and Fox News. He previously owned Sky, 21st Century Fox, and the now-defunct News of the World. With a net worth of $21.7 billion, Murdoch ranks as the 31st richest person in the United States and the 71st richest in the world, according to Forbes magazine. After inheriting his father's Adelaide newspaper, Murdoch expanded his media empire throughout the 1950s and 1960s.