It's believed Murdoch has an estimated net worth of $17 billion, according to Forbes. He owns a slew of media companies outside of Fox News, including the Wall Street Journal, as well as multiple other assets around the world.The two met, by Murdoch’s account, last September at his vineyard Moraga in Bel Air, California. “She and her husband also owned a vineyard and had been in the wine business. Last year, when there was 200 people at my vineyard, I met her and we talked a bit.