Which Australian-born billionaire founded the media conglomerate News Corp?

Rupert Murdoch founded News Corporation, the media conglomerate commonly known as News Corp. The Australian-born businessman built it from a newspaper inheritance into a global empire spanning publishing, television, film and digital media.

Murdoch inherited a controlling interest in Adelaide newspaper The News after his father, Keith Murdoch, died in 1952. He expanded rapidly across Australia, then entered the United Kingdom by acquiring newspapers including the News of the World and The Sun. In 1980, he established News Corp as a holding company for his Australian publishing business.

The name can cause confusion because News Corporation was split in 2013. Its entertainment assets became 21st Century Fox, while the publishing and news assets formed the modern News Corp. Both the original company and the current News Corp trace their founding identity to Murdoch.

The other options are American media or business figures, but none founded News Corp. Ted Turner founded Turner Broadcasting System, while Michael Bloomberg founded Bloomberg L.P.; neither is associated with Murdoch’s conglomerate.