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K. Rupert Murdoch
Chairman
HUGHES Electronics Corporation
Corporate Communications
P.O. Box 956
El Segundo, CA 90245-0956
(310) 964-0716
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Biography
1/2004
Rupert Murdoch is chairman of the Hughes Electronics Corporation Board of Directors. He was elected chairman in December 2003.
Mr. Murdoch is also chairman of News Corporation Ltd., one of the world's largest diversified media companies, and is chairman and chief executive officer of Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corp. Fox Entertainment owns 34 percent of Hughes.
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 has overseen the expansion and development of the Company as it has become the most international of media businesses.
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. Throughout News Corporation's history, he and his family have been closely involved with, and made generous contributions to, various educational, cultural, medical and charitable organizations throughout the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Asia and Israel.
Mr. Murdoch is married and has six children.
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