Keith R Murdoch

Mr Murdoch was previously Chairman and CEO of News Corporation prior to the company's separation into two distinct, publicly traded companies in 2013. He has been Executive Chairman of 21st Century Fox, the media and entertainment company created by the separation, since July 2015, after serving as its CEO from 1979 to July 2015 and its Chairman since 1991. In 1954, Mr. Murdoch took control of News Limited, an Australian-based public corporation whose only key asset at the time was a majority interest in the number-two daily newspaper in Adelaide, South Australia. Since then Mr. Murdoch oversaw the expansion and development of News Corporation into the most international of media businesses. In 1960, the Company acquired the Daily Mirror in Sydney and, in 1964, launched a national newspaper, The Australian. Mr Murdoch has been awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia (A.C.) for services to the media and to newspaper publishing in particular.