(Keith) Rupert Murdoch
(1931-), Publisher and newspaper proprietorSitter in 6 portraits
Australian-born newspaper publisher. Murdoch inherited the Adelaide News in 1952 and within a decade became Australia's second largest publisher. He acquired the News of the World in London in 1969, which at the height of the Profumo scandal had a circulation of six million. He bought the Sun in the same year and in 1981 his British subsidiary company acquired The Times. In 1989 he bought book publishers Collins and set up Sky television. Other acquisitions include Twentieth Century Fox, the Fox television network and the online community MySpace.com.
by Lord Snowdon
vintage bromide print, 8 May 1982
NPG P831
by Jonathan Yeo
oil on canvas, 2005-2006
NPG 6789
Rupert Murdoch; Anna Maria Murdoch (née Torv); Elisabeth Murdoch
by Chris Ware, for Keystone Press Agency Ltd
bromide press print, 1969
NPG x137598
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 14 May 1970
NPG x87788
'Luck and Flaw' (Peter Nigel Fluck; Roger Law with Spitting Image puppets)
by Gil Galvin
digital chromogenic print, 1984
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x134391
Related People
- Jerry Hall (wife)
- Anna Maria Murdoch (née Torv) (wife)
- Elisabeth Murdoch (daughter)
- Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch (father)
Comments back to top
We are currently unable to accept new comments, but any past comments are available to read below.
If you need information from us, please use our Archive enquiry service . Please note that we cannot provide valuations. You can buy a print or greeting card of most illustrated portraits. Select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Buy a Print button. Prices start at around £6 for unframed prints, £16 for framed prints. If you wish to license an image, select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Use this image button, or contact our Rights and Images service. We digitise over 8,000 portraits a year and we cannot guarantee being able to digitise images that are not already scheduled.