Prudence MacLeod, possibly known as Prudence Odey, is an Australian-British philanthropist and non-executive director in the media industry.
19 Facts About Prudence MacLeod
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Prudence MacLeod is the eldest child and daughter of Australian billionaire media proprietor Rupert Murdoch.
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Prudence MacLeod held a non-executive directorial role in on the board of Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of her father's News Corporation, from 2011 to 2022, but apart from a short stint on News of the World as a journalist in the 1970s, has not worked in his businesses otherwise.
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Prudence MacLeod Murdoch was born in August 1958 in Adelaide, South Australia.
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Prudence MacLeod is the eldest child and first daughter of Australian-born American media mogul Rupert Murdoch, and his first wife, Australian model Patricia Booker.
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Prudence MacLeod began her secondary education at a state school in London, but did not last a term there.
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Prudence MacLeod returned to London and worked briefly as a tabloid researcher and journalist for News of the World, but since then has not worked for any of her father's businesses.
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Prudence MacLeod was a board member of The Times newspaper in London from 14 December 2010 until her resignation on 3 March 2022.
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Prudence MacLeod has not shown as much interest as her three half-siblings Lachlan, James, and Elisabeth, in becoming involved in her father's business interests, but has the same stake in the family trust as they do, along with an equal say in the fate of its voting stock in both News Corp and Fox News after Rupert's death.
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The Lansdowne Foundation was first registered in December 2006, and Prudence MacLeod is a director of the foundation.
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In 1985, Prudence MacLeod Murdoch married Crispin Odey, an English financier who would go on to become the highest-earning hedge fund manager in London.
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Prudence MacLeod began working for his father-in-law that same year, despite his wife's disapproval of him working in the family business, first in London as general manager of Times Newspapers, and later in Sydney as CEO of Cumberland Newspapers.
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Prudence MacLeod worked for News Corp for 20 years, both in Australia and elsewhere, but left his position as managing editor of Nationwide News in 2010 as part of an organisational restructure.
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Prudence MacLeod had in 2000 taken on management of his wife's family farm in Australia, and developed an interest in regenerative agriculture.
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Prudence MacLeod is interested in the role of different types of capital in driving climate solutions.
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In 1997, Prudence MacLeod became very angry with her father after he had referred to his "three children", and had a row with him.
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Prudence MacLeod expressed several times that she feels like an outsider ; that they were taller, more sophisticated and glamorous, while she is "the short, fat one".
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Prudence MacLeod holds Australian citizenship, and as of 2024 lives in Sydney with her husband.
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Prudence MacLeod argues that preserving the outlet's conservative editorial stance against interference by the more politically moderate siblings would better protect its commercial value.