News Corp's Rupert Murdoch Divorcing Wendi Deng Murdoch: Will This Split Set Another Record?

News Corp Chairman Files For Divorce

According to Deadline, Murdoch filed for divorce on Thursday after 14 years of marriage. The pair have two daughters together.

This isn't Murdoch's first divorce. He split from first wife, Patricia Booker, in 1967 after a decade of marriage. And his second divorce, from Anna Murdoch, made headlines for the whopping $1.7 billion settlement his ex was awarded in 1999 (believed to be one of the highest settlements ever awarded). According to Forbes, the News Corp chairman was worth $11.2 billion as of March 2013.

Click through the slideshow below to see more on Murdoch's record-setting divorce settlement and eight others that topped the charts. Then, let us know in the comments: Do you think this split will set another record?

Rupert and Anna Murdoch

8 Expensive High-Profile Divorces

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