Wendi Deng Murdoch

Wendi Deng Murdoch (; born December 8, 1968) is the third wife of News Corporation Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, and is leading her husband's Chinese media investments.

In 1988 she was sponsored by an American family for a student visa to the United States of America. She studied economics at Cal State Northridge and is a graduate of the Yale School of Management where she currently serves on the board of advisors. Her first work experience in the media was with Fox TV. After Fox TV, she was offered an internship at Star TV, Hong Kong, part of News Corporation. Deng met Rupert Murdoch in Hong Kong in 1997 when she was 29 years old and Murdoch was 66.

Early life and education

Born in Jinan, Shandong and raised in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, she was originally named Deng Wenge (邓文革 Dèng Wéngé),

She is the third of four children (three daughters, one son) born to engineers.. The Wall Street Journal. November 2, 2000. Retrieved December 5, 2010. Deng attended the local Xuzhou First Secondary School and Xuzhou No. 1 Middle School. She developed a strong interest in playing volleyball. While Deng was in high school, her father relocated to Hangzhou, where he was employed at...
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