Claim: Rupert Murdoch has been employed since at least 1979.
Evidence: After his father 's death in 1952 , Murdoch declined to join his late father 's registered public company and created his own private company , News Limited.
Murdoch thus had full control as Chairman and CEO of global media holding company News Corporation , now the world 's second-largest media conglomerate , and its successors , News Corp and 21st Century Fox , after the conglomerate split on 28 June 2013.
In the 1950s and 1960s , Murdoch acquired a number of newspapers in Australia and New Zealand , before expanding into the United Kingdom in 1969 , taking over the News of the World , followed closely by The Sun.
Murdoch moved to New York City in 1974 , to expand into the U.S. market ; however , he retained interests in Australia and Britain.