Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch was born on March 11, 1931 in Melbourne, Australia. His father was a famous war correspondent and newspaper publisher. Murdoch inherited his father's papers, the Sunday Mail and The News, and continued to purchase other media (born March 11, 1931, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) Australian-born newspaper publisher and media entrepreneur, founder and head of the global media holding company the News Corporation Ltd., which governed News Limited (Australia), News International (U.K.), and News America Holdings Inc. (U.S.). Murdoch's corporate interests centred on newspaper, magazine, book, and electronic publishing; television broadcasting; and film and video production, principally in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. http://www.biography.com/people/rupert-murdoch-9418489