Prudence Murdoch

Prudence "Prue" Murdoch MacLeod (formerly Odey; born 1958) is an Australian-British non-executive director in the media industry. Murdoch is the eldest child and daughter of Australian-born American billionaire media proprietor Rupert Murdoch. She has held several directorial roles in her father's News Corporation, and is currently a board member of Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News Corporation.

Prudence Murdoch
Born1958 (age 62–63)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
EducationDalton School
Occupation
Net worth A$2.24 bn (AFR 2020)[1]
Board member of
Spouse(s)
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    (m. 1985; div. 1986)​
  • Alasdair MacLeod
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    (m. 1989)​
Children3
Parents
FamilyMurdoch
Notes

Early life and education

Prudence Murdoch was born in August 1958 in Adelaide, South Australia. She is the eldest child and first daughter of Australian-born American media mogul Rupert Murdoch, and his first wife, Australian model Patricia Booker.[2]

She was raised in Adelaide until 1968, one year after her parents' divorce, when she moved to London with her father and stepmother Anna Torv after his purchase of the tabloid newspaper publishing company, News of the World. She received her secondary education at a state school in London, and at the Dalton School in Manhattan after her family relocated to New York City. Murdoch subsequently returned to London where she worked briefly as a tabloid researcher and journalist for News of the World.[2]

Personal life

Murdoch is described, in relation to her inheritance, as "the only one of [Rupert Murdoch's] children not directly competing for his business affections".[2] After her parents' divorce, Murdoch's mother married a Swiss national and began to lead a life of partying, often neglecting Murdoch. In addition to a poor relationship with her own mother, Murdoch also had a poor relationship with her stepmother, Anna Torv.[2][3]

Marriages

In 1985 Murdoch married Crispin Odey, an English financier who would go on to become the highest-earning hedge fund manager in London. The pair were married only briefly,[2] separating and divorcing within 15 months of their marriage. They had no children.

In 1989 Murdoch married Alasdair MacLeod, an Eton educated businessman who begin working for his father-in-law. Murdoch was strongly against MacLeod working in her family business, however he accepted a job behind her back.behind her back.[2]

Children

Murdoch has three children, all by her second husband, Alasdair MacLeod: James (b. London, 1991), Angus (b. London, 1993) and Clementine (b. London, 1996), who all were educated and now reside in Sydney.

Net worth
Year Financial Review
Rich List		 Forbes
Australia's 50 Richest
Rank Net worth (A$) Rank Net worth (US$)
2017[4] − not listed − not listed
2018[5] − not listed − not listed
2019[6][7] 22 $3.10 billion − not listed
2020[1] 66 $2.24 billion − not listed
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See also

References
  1. Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (30 October 2020). "The full list: Australia's wealthiest 200 revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  2. Wolff, Michael (31 October 2008). "The Secrets of His Succession". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  3. "Rupert Murdoch by the people who know him best - his children". The Guardian. United Kingdom. 29 November 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  4. "Australia's Richest 2017: Country's Wealthiest Continue Mining For Dollars". Forbes Asia. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  5. Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2018). "2018 AFR Rich List: Who are Australia's richest people?". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  6. Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  7. "2019 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. January 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
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