Lachlan Murdoch: the firstborn may lose control of the great empire of the US right

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There are more than half a dozen biographies of his father.

Of his eldest son, the man who now manages part of the powerful media empire, there was not a single one.

Until now.

Australian journalist Paddy Manning has been in charge of

Rupert Murdoch, and the one chosen to establish himself at the top despite the intentions of his brothers to dethrone him.

At 51, Lachlan is something of an unknown compared to his father, always in his shadow.

Still, he is the CEO of Fox Corporation, Deputy Chairman of News Corporation, founder of investment firm Illyria Pty Limited, and CEO of Nova Entertainment.

according to the most recent list of the Australian Financial Review, with an important list of real estate properties.

In 2019 he bought a huge mansion in Bel-Air for 150 million dollars, a historical figure for California.

He has been married for 23 years to an Australian top model, Sarah O'Hare, and they have two sons and a daughter.

He was born in Wimbledon, London, in 1971, but grew up in Manhattan, coinciding with his father's purchase of the New York Post in 1976. Manning's unauthorized biography

In the background, the question of whether he will manage to consolidate himself on the throne -as his father's favorite to succeed him- or if the war with his brothers (James, Elizabeth and Prudence) will end up displacing him.

The title of the book,

almost immediately brings to mind HBO's brilliant series

which seems to be clearly inspired by the story of the Murdoch saga.

"In a possible scenario, after Rupert has passed away and his shares are divided among the four adult children, the three on the other side of Lachlan could choose to regain control over all of Murdoch's businesses," the journalist says.

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It doesn't matter that he is the most experienced of the litter.

His unauthorized biographer ranks him a rung below his father in business, despite the notorious slip-ups he's had since he took over.

Famous was the operation in One.Tel, a telecommunications

in which he invested together with his friend James Packer.

The investment in Channel Ten, which he came to preside over, was also ruinous, with losses of around 150 million dollars, in addition to the blow to his reputation.

His goals in favor:

that today exceeds 3,000 million dollars and the purchase of an Indian cricket team, the Rajasthan Royals, whose value has also grown exponentially.

His 91-year-old father wanted him by his side from the first bars of his maturity.

at the

Four years later he was appointed general manager of the group's Queensland newspapers, editor of the

Brisbane

a year later.

Later he went on to have a lot of power at Twentieth Century Fox studios and at Harper Collins.

Following the sale of 21st Century Fox to Disney in 2019, the company consolidated the rest of its assets under the Fox Corporation banner, with Rupert Murdoch at the helm and Lachlan as number two, including its many radio and television stations.

Now,

a media conglomerate that includes

and the

That is if he does not lose the complex game of chess that he has been playing with his brothers for years,

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