The Murdochs started building their empire in Australia. Keith Murdoch was a political journalist in one of Melbourne’s newspapers. When Keith attained the position of the editor he increased the sales of the newspaper and later became the CEO.

His son Rupert was also a journalist. Once they had control of all of Australia’s leading media, they created News Corporation. Now, the Murdochs own 20th Century Fox, Fox News, Myspace, and Dow Jones. News Corporation was sued for illegal phone tapping of the royal family, celebrities, and bribery of the police and special forces.

Rupert is a very popular person in pop culture. He became the prototype of the villain in Tomorrow Never Dies, the TV series, Succession, and was mentioned in The Big Bang Theory and The Simpsons.