Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch
Keith Rupert Murdoch /ˈmɜːrdɒk/, AC, KCSGis an Australian-born American media mogul. His father, Keith Arthur Murdoch, had been a reporter and editor and a senior executive of the Herald and Weekly Times newspaper publishing company covering all Australian states except New South Wales. After his father's death in 1952 Keith Rupert Murdoch declined to join his late father's registered public company and created his own private company, News Limited. Murdoch thus had full control as Chairman and CEO of global...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth11 March 1931
CityMelbourne, Australia
CountryUnited States of America
I'm not looking for a legacy, and you'll never shut up the critics. I've been around 50 years. When you're a catalyst for change, you make enemies - and I'm proud of the ones I've got.
I'm a catalyst for change. You can't be an outsider and be successful over 30 years without leaving a certain amount of scar tissue around the place.
I would like to be remembered, if I am remembered at all, as being a catalyst for change in the world, change for good.
When you're a catalyst for change, you make enemies - and I'm proud of the ones I've got.
I think it's too early to comment on that. I think you can certainly discern that we would certainly be interested if General Motors decides to do anything.
Why would I spend $5 billion for something in order to wreck it?
We are in advanced negotiations to buy a controlling interest in what we think is a wonderful search engine, but (for what) you will think is an insignificant price,
We're in pretty intense discussions with the biggest cable companies, and making quite considerable progress. You can expect something fairly soon.
Here (in the United States), we don't know. We may be forming a company with partners to build something out here that would give you broadband.
He was a man who you could truly say was larger than life.
We do recognize the fact that the share price at the moment is rotten, ... There's some disconnect between our company's growth and the share price.
I would really like to know a little bit more about what his vision is for the future of this country and his people. Some facts and some real policies rather than just a lot of almost throw-away positions they take to change their image.
These shares don't carry rights and requirements. On the other hand, John's a friend and always would be welcome on our board.
The sky is the limit, ... Certainly we would see revenue over $US500 million (and) we would hope $US1 billion. But it will probably be somewhere in between there.