Rupert Murdoch files for divorce from wife Wendi Deng The Murdochs, who have two daughters, married in 1999 on board his private yacht Morning Glory, weeks after Mr Murdoch's divorce from his previous wife, Anna. Only 82 people attended the private New York service, at which the Welsh singer Charlotte Church performed. His first marriage, to Patricia Booker, ended in 1965. Two years later, he married a reporter at one of his newspapers, Anna Torv, and had three children, Elisabeth, Lachlan and James, all of whom have figured prominently at one point in the workings of his company. Mr Murdoch's net worth is $12.1 billion (£7.7 billion), making him the world's 79th richest person, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Mr Murdoch's divorce to his previous wife Anna, who he married in the 1960s, is understood to be one of the most expensive ever. After 32 years together, they split amicably in 1998. The divorce was finalised in June 1999, when he agreed to let her leave with $1.7 billion. The filing comes just days before the split of News Corp. into two companies, one for its entertainment assets and the other for its publishing business.