Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and former supermodel Jerry Hall are divorcing after six years of marriage, according to reports. The marriage would be the 91-year-old businessman's fourth to be dissolved.
Murdoch and Hall, 65, wed in March 2016 in central London. The billionaire marked the occasion by announcing on Twitter he would stop posting on the social media site, calling himself “the luckiest and happiest man in the world.”
The New York Times cited two anonymous sources for its report on the split. It said a spokesman for Murdoch did not comment while representatives for Hall could not be reached.
The marriage was Hall’s first marriage after previously being in a long-term relationship with Rolling Stones rocker Mick Jagger, the Mirror reports. Hall and the singer have four children but remained unmarried during their 22-year relationship.
Murdoch, who is worth £14.5 billion, has six children. They include daughter Prudence MacLeod with his first wife Patricia Booker, daughter Elisabeth and sons Lachlan and James with his second spouse Anna Mann, and daughter Chloe and Grace, who he shares with his third wife Wendi Deng.
Murdoch owns The Sun and The Times newspapers in the UK, Fox News and The Wall Street Journal in the States and papers in his native Australia. The Murdoch family’s shares in the companies he founded reside in a managed trust.
Bryce Tom, a spokesman for Murdoch, declined to comment on the reports while Ms Hall’s agent failed to respond to enquiries.
