Murdoch proposes divorce with Wendi: or pay 1 billion dollars for compensation

Murdoch and his wife Deng Sina Science and technology in Beijing June 14 Morning News, News Corp confirmed in Thursday, the company's CEO Rupert Murdoch (Rupert Murdoch) has submitted a divorce petition with his wife Wendi, at this time from the break-up of News Corp still have a few days. It is unclear why Mr Murdoch was divorced, but his spokesman said his marriage was irreversible 6 months earlier. The 82-Year-old Murdoch married 44-Year-old Wendi in 1999. A few days later, News Corp will also complete the break-up, one of which includes entertainment assets of the original News Corporation, while the other consists mainly of publishing business. According to Forbes magazine, Murdoch's personal net worth of 9.4 billion U.S. dollars, he will continue to act as the Chairman of the two companies after the break-up. Analysts say Mr Murdoch's divorce is unlikely to have an impact on the company's break-up. Brett Harriss, Gabelli & Co analyst at the US investment Bank, commented: "I don't think it will have a substantial impact on the break-up." Brettes Harris Since this is his third wife, he is unlikely to be unprepared. "Mr Murdoch is said to have signed a 1.7 billion-dollar divorce deal when he divorced his last wife. According to this figure, Wendi and Murdoch divorce can be more than 1 billion U.S. dollars compensation. Mr. Murdoch has signed a prenuptial agreement with Wendi, but it is not clear which of the two will move out of the Upper East Side of the New York apartment, Reuters quoted people familiar with the matter as saying. Murdoch and Wendi have two daughters, Grace (Grace) and Koror (Chloe). Murdoch also has four adult children, including Prudence (PRUDENGCE), a child with his first wife, and three children Lackland (Lachlan), James and Elizabeth (Elisabeth) with a second wife. News Corp's share price did not change in Thursday. Mr Murdoch's lawyers did not comment. A few years ago there were reports that Wendi was vying with Murdoch's adult children to win a family trust for his children, which holds Murdoch's stake in News Corp, worth $ billions of. However, the two young girls had only acquired a partial stake and had not been given the right to vote. Wendi's father is the director of a factory in Guangzhou. After translating for a pair of Los Angeles couples working in China, she came to the United States in 1988 and later received an MBA from Yale University, where she worked as an intern for News Corp's Star TV in 1996. She served as a translator for Murdoch in his China trip in 1998. When Mr Murdoch ended his 31-year second marriage in 1999, the two were soon married. A lot of people outside the media industry have learned about Wendi from an unexpected incident in the British parliament in July 2011. Murdoch, who was testifying for the hacking scandal, was suddenly hit by a cake, and Wendi stepped forward to slap the attack, and therefore famous. (Si yuan)