Rupert Murdoch

Net Worth: $19 billion
Company: News
Country: USA
Rupert Murdoch is an American businessman that currently controls a media empire that comprises Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, and The Times of London. Forbes ranks Murdoch and his $19 billion net worth as the 58th richest man in the world today. He’s certainly making more in the process as he sold Fox’s movie studios, FX, and the National Geographic Networks to Disney for a staggering sum of $71.3 billion in 2019.

Rupert Murdoch certainly came a long way from being a native of Australia. His first business experience came at the age of 22 when he inherited a newspaper business after his father unexpectedly passed away. It certainly helped that this media mogul already graduated with numerous degrees from Oxford University when he took over the business. Murdoch’s education, combined with his vision and savvy, certainly played a factor in how he was able to leverage the company into a billion-dollar empire today.