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Elisabeth Murdoch was born on 22 August 1968 in Sydney, Australia. She started working as a manager of program acquisitions at her father's FX Networks which is a cable television unit that is based in Los Angeles.
Shine, the television production company started by Murdoch is being sold to News Corporation, owner of The Sunday Times, in a £415m deal, including debt. She and her trusts have a stake worth £151m at the proposed purchase price. Freud, her husband, is one of London's top spinmeisters.
Elisabeth Murdoch was born in Sydney, Australia on 22 August 1968. Her father is the international media mogul Rupert Murdoch. She is the Chairwoman and CEO of Shine Limited, a television production company with offices in London and Manchester.
Earnings & Financial Data
|
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2017 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Award given to the winner of Keith and Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship that allowed the recipient to travel overseas in 2018 |
$25,000 |
|
2012 |
Bonus |
Performance bonus as the chairman of Shine, the production company behind TV shows including Merlin and MasterChef |
$2,130,000 |
|
2012 |
Salary |
Annual salary as the chairman of Shine, the production company behind TV shows including Merlin and MasterChef |
$1,700,000 |
|
2011 |
Sale of Asset |
Money earned from the sale of Elisabeth Murdoch's production company Shine UK to her father’s 21st Century Fox |
$195,980,000 |
|
2011 |
Salary |
Annual salary as the chairman of Shine, the production company behind TV shows including Merlin and MasterChef |
$1,700,000 |
|
1994 |
Asset |
Purchase value of Elisabeth Murdoch and her then-husband, Elkin Kwesi Pianim's pair of NBC-affiliate television stations, KSBW and KSBY, in California |
$35,000,000 |