16 Facts About Wendi Murdoch

Wendi Deng Murdoch is a Chinese-born American entrepreneur, investor, movie producer, media mogul, and collector of Chinese contemporary art.

Wendi Murdoch Deng was born in Jinan, Shandong and raised in Xuzhou, Jiangsu.

Wendi Murdoch has two older sisters, and a brother, and both of her parents were engineers.

Wendi Murdoch enrolled at California State University, Northridge, where she studied economics and was among the top scoring students.

Wendi Murdoch obtained a BA in Economics from California State University at Northridge and an MBA from Yale University.

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Wendi Murdoch offered Deng an internship at News Corp subsidiary Star TV in Hong Kong, which developed into a full-time junior executive position.

In 2009, Wendi Murdoch co-founded the online platform Artsy with Carter Cleveland and Dasha Zhukova, which has since become one of the top online places for buying, viewing and learning about art.

Wendi Murdoch was an advisor for MySpace's China operation, prior to the company's sale to Specific Media in June 2011.

Wendi Murdoch led the Murdoch family's Chinese internet investments and helped form business links with China for high-speed video and internet access.

In 2011, Wendi Murdoch co-produced her first film with Florence Sloan, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, a movie about two footbound children in Qing dynasty China, directed by Wayne Wang.

Wendi Murdoch produced the Netflix documentary Sky Ladder which showcased the art of Cai Guo-Qiang and directed by Academy Award-winning director Kevin MacDonald.

Wendi Murdoch invested in tech start-ups including Oscar, Snapchat, Uber and Warby Parker.

In 1997, she met Rupert Wendi Murdoch, who is 37 years her senior, while working as an executive at the Wendi Murdoch-owned Star TV in Hong Kong.

In June 2013, Rupert Wendi Murdoch filed for divorce from Deng, citing irreconcilable differences.

In February 2014, The Daily Telegraph and Vanity Fair alleged that Wendi Murdoch might have had an affair with former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.

In early 2018, The Wall Street Journal published a story suggesting that Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, longtime friends of Wendi Murdoch, were warned by US intelligence agencies that Wendi Murdoch may be using her relationship with them to further the goals of the Chinese government.