Wendi Deng Murdoch

Ms. Deng, a native of China who has a master's degree in business administration from Yale, was an executive at the corporation's StarTV division in Hong Kong when she met Mr. Murdoch in the late 1990's. In the years that they have been married, Ms. Deng has been a constant presence at Mr. Murdoch's side. She quit her job, but remains active in the company. Murdoch has two daughters by Ms. Deng, Grace and Chloe. He has one child Prudence from his first marriage; and Elisabeth; Lachlan; and James, from his second marriage to Anna Murdoch Mann.