Lachlan Keith Murdoch is an entrepreneur and a media executive serving in the position of Executive Chairman and CEO of Fox Corporation, Chairman of News Corp, and the Executive Chairman of Nova Entertainment. The career of Lachlan Murdoch has been associated with media businesses, corporate management, private investments, publications, television, and digital industries in Australia and America. Murdoch began his career in News Corp and has served in different roles in the company’s operations in Australia and worldwide before founding his own business, Illyria, which is a private investment firm in 2005. After returning to News Corp in 2014, Murdoch was engaged in various management functions at 21st Century Fox and Fox Corporation.

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Murdoch joined the media industry in the 1990s as a general manager at Queensland Newspapers. Later, he became the publisher of The Australian and moved into high-level executive positions within News Corp. He left News Corp in 2005 and started a private investment company in Australia, known as Illyria, where he invested in various sectors, including media, technology, telecommunications, sports, and entertainment. Nova Entertainment and Network Ten were among the firms he had invested in. In 2014, he returned to work at News Corp and 21st Century Fox as a co-chairman. In 2019, after the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, he was appointed Chairman and CEO of Fox Corporation and News Corp in 2023.