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Murdoch in May 2013
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Born |
Lachlan Keith Murdoch 8 September 1971 London, England, United Kingdom |
Residence | Brentwood, Los Angeles, California |
Nationality |
United States Australia |
Alma mater | Princeton University |
Occupation | Executive Chairman of Nova Entertainment Executive Co-Chairman of 21st Century Fox Executive Co-Chairman of News Corp |
Spouse(s) | Sarah O'Hare (m. 1999) |
Children | 3 |
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Lachlan Keith Murdoch (/ˈlɒklən ˈmɜːrdɒk/; born 8 September 1971) is an American businessman and mass media heir. He is currently the Executive Chairman of Nova Entertainment, Executive Co-Chairman of News Corp and 21st Century Fox, the founder of Australian investment company Illyria Pty Ltd, and a director of Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art.
Lachlan Murdoch was born on 8 September 1971 in London, England, in the United Kingdom. He is the eldest son of Australian-born American media mogul Rupert Murdoch, and his second wife, Scottish journalist and author Anna Murdoch Mann. He was raised in New York City where his father owned the New York Post. He received his primary and secondary education at the Aspen Country Day School in Aspen, Colorado (U.S.), Trinity School in New York City, and at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts (U.S.). In 1994, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University.