BUSINESS

Lachlan Murdoch

CEO, Executive Chairman

The appointed successor of his father Rupert's global media empire, Lachlan Murdoch is the executive chairman of Nova Entertainment, chairman of News Corp, executive chairman and CEO of Fox Corporation, and the founder of Australian investment company Illyria Pty Ltd. A graduate of Princeton University, he spent much of his career in his native Australia, managing his father's businesses. Lachlan has been CEO for Fox Corp. since 2019, following Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox. Before the merger, he served as executive chairman of 21st Century Fox, starting in 2015 — while his brother, James, was CEO of Fox's then-entertainment business in what analysts described as a competitive power-share devised by their father, who ended the speculation by announcing Lachlan's accession in Sept. 2023. (Photo: courtesy)