Mansions and £228m ranch may be part of settlement
SPECULATION was rife last night over how the vast wealth of Rupert Murdoch would be affected by a divorce.
It is unclear how much of the media mogul’s £14billion fortune may go to Jerry Hall. Lawyer Mark Stephens, of the Howard Kennedy firm, said Mr Murdoch may have signed a ‘fairly generous’ pre-nuptial agreement.
This would have been drafted with the ‘anticipation of not interfering with the line of succession’, for the tycoon’s business empire. The Daily Mail understands any divorce is unlikely to affect the ownership of his companies.
However, properties the couple have acquired since marrying may be at stake. In 2019, they bought an £11.25 million Georgian property near Henleyon-Thames
in Oxfordshire. A year later, it emerged they had snapped up Great Tew Manor – a ‘doer-upper’ in the Cotswolds which was earmarked for a £ 0 million restoration project.
Last December the couple spent £228 million on a 40,000-acre cattle ranch near Yellowstone Park in the US.
The family’s other properties include a ranch in California, a winery in Los Angeles, and a sheep and cattle farm in Mr Murdoch’s native Australia.
Miss Hall made a fortune from her career as a model, becoming the face of brands such as Revlon cosmetics.
She also had small roles in films including Batman. Her split from Mick Jagger left her with an estimated settlement of up to £18 million.