Happiness is called married for fifth time. Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch (93) has married for a fifth time in a ceremony at his Californian vineyard. Australian-born Murdoch who began his acareer in Australia in the 1950s, tied the knot on Saturday with his new wife Elena Zhukova (67), a retired biologist. Mr Murdoch who has sic children, is chairman emeritus of News Corporation, which owns Fox News, the Wall Street Journal, the Sun, and the Times. He purchased the News of the World  and the Sun Newspapers in the UK in 1969, and later purchased the  New York Post and Wall Street Journal. In 1996, he launched Fox News – now most watched TV news channel in the US.

Last year he stepped down as chairman of Fox and News Corp, leaving his son Lachlan to head both companies.

One of his ex-wives, Chinese-born entrepreneur Wendi Deng, hosted a party where Mr Murdoch and Ms Zhukova met, His other spouses  include Australian flight attendant Patricia Booker, Scottish-born journalist Anna Mann, and US model and actress Jerry Hall.

Ms Zhukova was previously married to Russian billionaire Alexander Zhukov, while their daughter Dasha  a socialite and businesswoman was married to the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich until 2017.