Lachlan Murdoch

Lachlan Keith Murdoch (born 1971) is the elder son of media mogul, Rupert Murdoch and the former Anna Torv. He resigned from his executive positions at News Corporation on 29 July 2005. Subsequently, younger brother James Murdoch (born 1972) is now viewed as his father s heir-apparent. Lachlan was born in London, England, but was raised in a wealthy Manhattan neighbourhood, where his father owned the tabloid, The New York Post . He received his education at the exclusive Aspen Country Day School in Aspen, Colorado and earned a bachelors degree in philosophy from Princeton University. During summers he would work jobs ranging from cleaning printing presses to sub-editor at The Sun and The Times . His first job came at Queensland Newspapers, which publishes The Courier-Mail in Brisbane. He then became publisher of Australias first national paper, The Australian. In 1995 he was appointed Deputy CEO of News Limited, Executive Director of News Corporation since 1996, Deputy Chief Operating Officer since 2000, Senior Executive Vice President from 1999 to 2000, and Chairman of STAR since 1995.

He has been criticised as a rich brat for his poor handling of Murdoch interests in One.Tel, which lost the empire millions of dollars. Lachlan has also been attacked for trying to Americanise Australian newspapers.

Murdoch married Australian model/actress, Sarah O Hare in 1999. They have one son, Kalan (born in 2004). On July 29, 2005, he announced that he would be resigning from executive roles with News Corporation and moving with his family to Australia, although he would retain his seat on the board.

After his resignation, Roger Ailes, the chairman of Fox News Channel, was named chairman of News Corp. s group of television stations. The abrupt and unexplained departure of the 33-year-old Lachlan Murdoch apparently dashed News Corp. Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch s hopes that his son would one day take over as CEO of the global media empire, which includes the Twentieth Century Fox movie studio, the Fox television network, several satellite broadcasters including DirecTV, and newspapers in Britain, Australia, and the New York Post.

In the weeks after his resignation, however, he began a new venture, lodging applications to set up a new Australian company called Illyria_(company), in which he acts as sole director and secretary.

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