The Murdoch family has been in the spotlight after media magnate Rupert Murdoch decided he wanted to re-write his family trust. Login or signup to continue reading Married five times with six children , the 93-year-old media baron has been in the news more than he would probably like. His multi-billion dollar family is also said to have inspired HBO's popular television program Succession, which is filled with backstabbing, turbulence and ruthless rivalry.
It all seems to have come to a head last November, when Murdoch decided Lachlan was to be his successor, breaking the trust established in 1999 that would give his four older children, Prudence, Elisabeth, Lachlan and James, equal shares in his fortune upon his death. The family, which has an estimated net worth of $29.3 billion, has been in court in Nevada behind closed doors as the aggrieved siblings fight their father's decision.
Who are the Murdoch children and how have they shaped his life? Murdoch, who started his career at his father's Adelaide newspaper, was 25 years of age when he married Patricia Booker, a flight attendant and department store model from Melbourne, in 1956. In 1958, they had a daughter Prudence and the couple divorced in 1967. Ms Booker died in 2000.
Prudence MacLeod, 66, lives in Sydney with her second husband Alasdair MacLeod and has three children. She is a philanthropist and co-founder of the Macdoch Foundation, an organisation focused on mitigating climate change. The Australian Financial Rev.