Management Hall of Fame: Leading Management Gurus

Rupert Murdoch
Media Emperor (1931- Present)

• "Sometimes you have to pay a high price for an opportunity." (Rupert Murdoch)

Rupert Murdoch  is one of the best known media barons of the modern age. 

• Complete education at Oxford
• Works are Daily Express newspaper
• Returns to Native Australia to take over from his father at the helm of the Adelaide News.
• He moved on to expand his media empire through a spate of acquisitions across the globe. 
• He branched into movies and television, acquiring 20th Century Fox and Fox TV in US
• Bought The Times and The Sunday Times, in UK
• Overcame greatest challenge from a bitter battle with the print unions. 
• Overcame the a major debt by rescheduling 
• Acquiring Star TV in Asia.
• He becomes the first global media emperor

Books & References:

• Business the Rupert Murdoch Way: 10 Secrets of the World's Greatest Deal-Maker
• Ragan, Simon. Rupert Murdoch: A business biography . London: Angus & Robertson, 1976.

Additional Resources:

• Outfoxed - Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
• Who is Rupert Murdoch?

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