Ann Lesley Smith

The billionaire said that he “dreaded falling in love” again after recently getting divorced from his fourth wife Jerry Hall, but “knew this would be [his] last ...

[2023 Oscar Winners](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/03/2023-oscars-winners-list?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-022723) [Vanity Fair Oscar Party](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/03/how-to-watch-2023-vanity-fair-oscar-party?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-022723)Red Carpet [This Year’s Oscar Red Carpet](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/photos/2023/03/oscars-2023-red-carpet-all-the-fashion-outfits-and-looks?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-022723) The pair wed in Australia in 1956 when Murdoch was just 25 years old and divorced 11 years later. The pair first met in 1997 when Deng worked at Murdoch's Star TV station in Hong Kong, and they had two children together, 21-year-old Grace and 19-year-old Chloe, before divorcing in 2014. I waited for the right time. [Vanity Fair Oscar Party](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/03/2023-vanity-fair-oscar-party-report?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-022723)With Everyone, All at Once Last year when there was 200 people at my vineyard, I met her and we talked a bit. And most recently, the billionaire married supermodel Jerry Hall in 2016 shortly before his 85th birthday. Murdoch, who has owned the columnist’s employer, the New York Post, since 1976, commemorated both Saint Patrick’s Day and his birth month by asking Smith to be his wife with an Asscher-cut solitaire diamond that he personally selected, explaining that he chose the date because “I’m one-fourth Irish.” He added, “I was very nervous. We share the same beliefs. Smith, who was formerly the San Francisco police chaplain and wife of the late country singer and TV executive Chester Smith, told the outlet that their relationship, “For us both, it's a gift from God.

Rupert Murdoch is engaged, his rep confirmed Monday. The media titan met his now-fiancée in September, and the couple plans to wed in the summer.

[Murdoch and Hall](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2016/01/12/rupert-murdoch-announces-engagement-jerry-hall/78670810/) finalized their divorce in August after six years of marriage, Murdoch's attorney Robert S. [Rupert Murdoch, Jerry Hall divorce after 6 years of marriage](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2022/08/11/rupert-murdoch-jerry-hall-divorce/7704579001/) I dreaded falling in love – but I knew this would be my last. We share the same beliefs." "So I speak Rupert’s language. "Like Rupert, my husband was a businessman.

Billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch is preparing to walk down the aisle for the fifth time.

They divorced in August last year. In 2016, he married his fourth wife, former model Jerry Hall, at St. “I was very nervous,” Murdoch said of their whirlwind romance. “I dreaded falling in love – but I knew this would be my last. Smith was previously married to Chester Smith, a country singer and radio and TV executive, who died in 2008. “We’re both looking forward to spending the second half of our lives together,” Murdoch said.

Seven months after finalizing his divorce from Jerry Hall, Rupert Murdoch has confirmed he is engaged to Ann Lesley Smith. See what the businessman had to ...

[called it quits](https://www.eonline.com/news/1335421/rupert-murdoch-set-for-4th-divorce-after-breakup-from-jerry-hall) after six years of marriage. The two, who share daughters Chloe and Grace, split in 2013 after nearly 14 years of marriage. [Jerry Hall](https://www.eonline.com/news/1335421/rupert-murdoch-set-for-4th-divorce-after-breakup-from-jerry-hall), the billionaire, 92, announced he is engaged to former San Francisco police chaplain Ann Lesley Smith, 66. Additionally, he is also dad to kids Elizabeth, James and Lachlan, with his second wife Anna Murdoch. "I'm a widow 14 years," she told the publication, which is owned by Rupert's company News Corporation. "It better be.