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Rupert Murdoch

1931 - Today

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Keith Rupert Murdoch ( MUR-dok; born 11 March 1931) is an Australian-born American business magnate, investor, and media proprietor. Through his company News Corp, he is the owner of hundreds of local, national, and international publishing outlets around the world, including in the UK (The Sun and The Times), in Australia (The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, and The Australian), in the US (The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post), book publisher HarperCollins, and the television broadcasting channels Sky News Australia and Fox News (through the Fox Corporation). He was also the owner of Sky (until 2018), 21st Century Fox (until 2019), and the now-defunct News of the World. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rupert Murdoch has received more than 23,294,588 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Rupert Murdoch is the 53rd most popular businessperson (up from 60th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Australia (up from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Australian Businessperson.

Rupert Murdoch is most famous for being the founder of News Corporation, the company that owns Fox News.

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  • 23M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 72

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Rupert Murdoch ranks 53 out of 601. Before him are Thomas Cook, Sergei Diaghilev, Joan Gamper, Dietrich Mateschitz, Rudolf Dassler, and Henri Nestlé. After him are Giovanni Agnelli, Richard Branson, Aga Khan IV, Bernie Ecclestone, Robert Kardashian, and Mark Zuckerberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Rupert Murdoch ranks 31. Before him are Josef Masopust, John le Carré, Leonard Nimoy, Ian Holm, Guy Debord, and William Shatner. After him are João Gilberto, D. B. Cooper, Aldo Rossi, Syukuro Manabe, Johannes Rau, and Martinus J. G. Veltman.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Rupert Murdoch ranks 6 out of 925. Before him are George Lazenby (1939), Lawrence Bragg (1890), Rod Laver (1938), Geoffrey Rush (1951), and Cate Blanchett (1969). After him are Elton Mayo (1880), Errol Flynn (1909), Truganini (1812), Heath Ledger (1979), Chris Hemsworth (1983), and Hugh Jackman (1968).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Australia

Among businesspeople born in Australia, Rupert Murdoch ranks 1. After him are Paul Stoddart (1955) and Gina Rinehart (1954).

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