Prudence Murdoch

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Prudence Murdoch
Born1958 (age 65–66)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Education Dalton School
Occupations
Board member of
Spouses
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    (m. 1985;div. 1986)​
  • Alasdair MacLeod
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    (m. 1989)​
Children3
Parents
Family Murdoch
Notes
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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.

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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. [1]

Prue 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. Subsequently, she returned to London and worked briefly as a tabloid researcher and journalist for News of the World. [1]

Personal life

Prue is described, in relation to her inheritance, as "the only one of [Rupert Murdoch's] children not directly competing for his business affections". [1] After her parents' divorce, Prue's mother married a Swiss national and began to lead a life of partying, often neglecting the young Prue. In addition to a poor relationship with her own mother, Prue also had a poor relationship with her then stepmother, Anna Torv. [1] [2]

Marriages and children

In 1985, Prue 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, [1] separating and divorcing within 15 months of their marriage. They had no children.

In 1989, Prue married Alasdair MacLeod, an Eton-educated businessman who began working for his father-in-law, despite his wife's disapproval of him working in the family business. [1] They have three children: James (born 1991), Angus (born 1993) and Clementine (born 1996).

Net worth

Year Financial Review
Rich List 		Forbes
Australia's 50 Richest
Rank Net worth (A$)Rank Net worth (US$)
2017 [3] −not listed−not listed
2018 [4] −not listed−not listed
2019 [5] [6] 22Increase2.svg$3.10  billion Increase2.svg−not listed
2020 [7] 66Decrease2.svg$2.24 billion Decrease2.svg−not listed
2021 [8] 32Increase2.svg$2.80 billion Increase2.svg
202244Decrease2.svg$2.60 billion Decrease2.svg
2023 [9] 45Decrease2.svg$2.57 billion Decrease2.svg
Legend
Icon Description
Steady2.svgHas not changed from the previous year
Increase2.svgHas increased from the previous year
Decrease2.svgHas decreased from the previous year

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Wolff, Michael (31 October 2008). "The Secrets of His Succession". Vanity Fair . Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Rupert Murdoch by the people who know him best - his children". The Guardian . United Kingdom. 29 November 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Australia's Richest 2017: Country's Wealthiest Continue Mining For Dollars". Forbes Asia. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  4. ↑ Stensholt, John, ed. (25 May 2018). "2018 AFR Rich List: Who are Australia's richest people?". The Australian Financial Review . Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  5. ↑ Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review . Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "2019 Australia's 50 Richest". Forbes Asia. January 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (27 May 2021). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review . Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  9. ↑ Bailey, Michael; Sprague, Julie-anne (26 May 2023). "The 200 richest people in Australia revealed". Australian Financial Review . Retrieved 6 June 2023.
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