RUPERT MURDOCH!!!
Good old Mr. Murdoch was born in Melbourne's Royal Women's Hospital on this day in history in 1931. His father was Sir Keith Murdoch, a renowned war correspondent and later a regional newspaper magnate, so it's no wonder why Rupert, as the only son, would follow in his father's footsteps.
In 1952, after his father's death, Mr. Murdoch took over as managing director of News Limited at the age of 21. Furthering this Mr. M acquired various newspapers in Australia and New Zealand throughout the 1950's and 1960's. In 1969, Mr. M took over the UK's 'News of the World' and 'The Sun'.
Rupert moved to the USA in 1974, specifically to New York, to expand into the US market. Following the creation of his News Corporation in 1979, Mr. M purchased his first British broadsheet, "The Times" in 1981.
In 1985 Mr. M. became a naturalised US citizen and acquired Twentieth Century Fox and in 1989 Harper Collins.
By the year 2000, Mr. M's News Corporation owned over more than 800 companies in more than 50 countries with a net worth of over $5 billion.
In 2007, Mr. M took over 'The Wall Street Journal'.
Such it is that Mr. M is the founder, chairman and CEO of the world's second largest media conglomerate.
However, the phone hacking scandals and the multiple (and sometimes crazy) wives and the fact that he is quite a powerful figurehead in the media means that we are of course constantly judging good old Mr. M and everything that he does.
Serves him right for being worth over $5 billion and not sharing any with me.
What?! I can dream of being a billionaire can't I?
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