Everything about James Murdoch Media Executive totally explained
James Murdoch (born 13 December 1972 in
United Kingdom) is the Chairman and Chief Executive of
News Corporation, Europe and Asia, including the British
newspapers The Times,
The Sunday Times,
The Sun and
The News of The World, and the chief non-executive chairman of
British Sky Broadcasting. He is the fourth child of billionaire media tycoon
Rupert Murdoch's six children. He was formerly an executive vice-president of
News Corporation, the controlling shareholder of BSkyB, and served on the
boards of directors of
News Datacom and of News Corporation.
Early Life
As a teenager James was regarded as the brightest of the Murdoch children, but was also considered something of a rebel. (on appointment he was by far the youngest chief executive of a
FTSE 100 company). However as of August 2005 his performance in the job is said to be generally regarded more favourably.
Following the shock resignation of his brother
Lachlan Murdoch from his executive positions at News Corporation on
29 July 2005, James is widely viewed as his father's heir-apparent.
On
December 07,
2007 James stepped down as
CEO from
BSkyB and was appointed Non-Executive
Chairman of the company (a position formerly held by his
father,
Rupert).
Some sources report that he'll succeed
Peter Chernin as News Corporation COO when Chernin's contract expires in 2009.
In a related announcement, James will also "take direct responsibility for the strategic and operational development of
News Corporation’s television, newspaper and related digital assets in Europe, Asia and the Middle East". This will include
holdings such as
News International,
SKY Italia,
STAR Group ltd and possibly other News Corp. related
assets. He will be based at
News International's headquarters in
Wapping, East
London.
Private life
Murdoch has two children with his American wife Kathryn Hufschmid, who works for the
Clinton Climate Initiative, a charitable foundation set up by former
President Clinton in
2006.
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