Elisabeth Murdoch CBE (born August 22, 1968) is a media executive, producer, and entrepreneur with Australian, British, and American backgrounds. She is the daughter of Rupert Murdoch and journalist Anna Torv Murdoch Mann. In 2001, Elisabeth started Shine Group, which produced popular shows like MasterChef. She was its non-executive chair until 2015, when Shine merged with Endemol and Core Media to become Endemol Shine Group. In 2019, she co-founded Sister, a television and film production company with offices in London, Manchester, New York, and Los Angeles.
By March 2026, at age 57, Elisabeth is still the executive chair of Sister Pictures and continues to produce well-known content. She is also active in the arts, philanthropy, and diversity work. In 2022, she was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her contributions to diversity in the arts and charity. Many people believe she inspired the character Shiv Roy in the HBO series Succession. In September 2024, she and her siblings James and Prudence were part of a family court case in Reno, Nevada, challenging their father Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to change the family trust to give more control to her brother Lachlan over News Corp and Fox Corp.
Profile Summary
Age
Elisabeth Murdoch was born on 22 August 1968 (age 57) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Biography & Early Life
Elisabeth Murdoch was born on 22 August 1968 at King George V Memorial Hospital in Sydney. Her father is Rupert Murdoch, a well-known media tycoon, and her mother is Anna Maria dePeyster (née Torv), a journalist and author. She was named after her grandmother, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch. Elisabeth is the oldest of three siblings, with two younger brothers, Lachlan and James. They have an older half-sister, Prudence MacLeod (born 1958), from Rupert Murdoch’s first marriage to Patricia Booker. The family lived in London after 1968 and later moved to New York in 1974.
Elisabeth Murdoch finished high school at the Brearley School in New York City and earned her bachelor’s degree from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York.
In September 2024, Elisabeth and her siblings James and Prudence took part in a Nevada court case. They challenged Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to change the family trust, which was set up after his 1999 divorce from Anna, to give Lachlan more control of News Corp and Fox Corp instead of equal voting rights for all six children.
