Lachlan Murdoch
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Lachlan Murdoch is an Australian-American media executive who serves as the chief executive and chairman of Fox Corporation and is widely seen as the heir to his father Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lachlan Murdoch canonical | 16 |
| Lachlan Keith Murdoch | 1 |
| Lachlan Murdoch – chief executive officer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T527274 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Lachlan Murdoch Context triple: [Rupert Murdoch, child, Lachlan Murdoch]
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A.
Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch is an Australian-born media mogul who built a global empire of newspapers, television networks, and film studios, becoming one of the most influential and controversial figures in modern media.
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B.
Keith Murdoch
Keith Murdoch was an influential Australian journalist and newspaper executive who built a media empire that laid the foundation for his son Rupert Murdoch’s global news conglomerate.
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C.
Elisabeth Murdoch (née Greene)
Elisabeth Murdoch (née Greene) is a British-American media executive and television producer, best known as the daughter of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and for founding the production company Shine Group.
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D.
Iain Canning
Iain Canning is a British film producer and co-founder of See-Saw Films, known for acclaimed works such as The King’s Speech and Lion.
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E.
Barry Diller
Barry Diller is an American media and internet executive known for building major entertainment and digital companies, including leading Fox’s early expansion and later chairing IAC.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lachlan Murdoch Target entity description: Lachlan Murdoch is an Australian-American media executive who serves as the chief executive and chairman of Fox Corporation and is widely seen as the heir to his father Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
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A.
Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch is an Australian-born media mogul who built a global empire of newspapers, television networks, and film studios, becoming one of the most influential and controversial figures in modern media.
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B.
Keith Murdoch
Keith Murdoch was an influential Australian journalist and newspaper executive who built a media empire that laid the foundation for his son Rupert Murdoch’s global news conglomerate.
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C.
Elisabeth Murdoch (née Greene)
Elisabeth Murdoch (née Greene) is a British-American media executive and television producer, best known as the daughter of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and for founding the production company Shine Group.
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D.
Iain Canning
Iain Canning is a British film producer and co-founder of See-Saw Films, known for acclaimed works such as The King’s Speech and Lion.
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E.
Barry Diller
Barry Diller is an American media and internet executive known for building major entertainment and digital companies, including leading Fox’s early expansion and later chairing IAC.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
business executive
ⓘ
human ⓘ media executive ⓘ |
| boardMemberOf |
Fox Corporation
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News Corporation ⓘ |
| businessInterest |
Fox Broadcasting Company
ⓘ
Fox News Channel ⓘ Fox Sports ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Australia
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United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1971-09-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Princeton University ⓘ |
| employer | Fox Corporation ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Australian of Scottish descent ⓘ |
| familyName |
Murdoch family
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surface form:
Murdoch
|
| father | Rupert Murdoch ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
mass media
ⓘ
news media ⓘ television broadcasting ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Lachlan ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Aerin Murdoch
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Aidan Murdoch ⓘ Kalan Murdoch ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mother | Anna Murdoch Mann ⓘ |
| name |
Lachlan Murdoch
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Lachlan Keith Murdoch
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| notableFamily | Murdoch family ⓘ |
| notableFor | being heir apparent to Rupert Murdoch’s media empire ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership of Fox Corporation ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
ⓘ
media executive ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| positionHeld |
Fox Corporation
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surface form:
chairman of Fox Corporation
chief executive officer of Fox Corporation ⓘ co-chairman of 21st Century Fox ⓘ executive chairman of Fox Corporation ⓘ non-executive chairman of Ten Network Holdings ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
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Sydney ⓘ |
| sibling |
Elisabeth Murdoch (née Greene)
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surface form:
Elisabeth Murdoch
James Murdoch ⓘ |
| spouse | Sarah Murdoch ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lachlan Murdoch Description of subject: Lachlan Murdoch is an Australian-American media executive who serves as the chief executive and chairman of Fox Corporation and is widely seen as the heir to his father Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lachlan Murdoch – chief executive officer
subject surface form:
Elisabeth Murdoch
this entity surface form:
Lachlan Keith Murdoch