Wendi Deng

Rupert Murdoch and his wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch, arrive at the opening ceremony of the 14th Shanghai International Film Festival on June 11, 2011, in Shanghai.

The China-born third wife of the media baron came to the United States in 1988 on a student visa. She was sponsored by an American family and studied at Cal State Northridge and the Yale School of Management. Her first media job was with Fox TV. She met Murdoch in Hong Kong in 1997. She was 29; he was 66.

Wendi Murdoch arrives at a screening of Fox Searchlights' "Snowflower and the Secret Fan" at Fox Studios' The Little Theater on July 11, 2011, in Los Angeles.

She and Rupert Murdoch married in 1999. They have two daughters - Grace Helen Murdoch, born in 2001, and Chloe Murdoch, born in 2005.

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and his wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch, arrive on the red carpet for the 68th annual Golden Globe awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Jan. 16, 2011.

Producer Wendi Murdoch attends the Cinema Society with Ivanka Trump Jewelry & Diane Von Furstenberg screening of "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" at the Tribeca Grand Hotel on July 13, 2011, in New York.

From left, producer Wendi Murdoch, actress Li Bingbing and producer Florence Sloan arrive at a screening of Fox Searchlights' "Snowflower and the Secret Fan" at Fox Studios' The Little Theater on July 11, 2011, in Los Angeles.

Rupert Murdoch and wife Wendi Deng Murdoch arrive at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards on February 27, 2011, in Hollywood, Calif.

Wendi Deng Murdoch arrives at the White House for a state dinner on Jan. 19, 2011, in Washington. The dinner was part of China President Hu Jintao's visit to the United States.

Rupert Murdoch, left, and wife Wendi attend "The Tree of Life" premiere during the 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2011, in Cannes, France.

Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng Murdoch attend the Vanity Fair Party at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival on April 27, 2011, in New York.

Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan and Wendi Deng atfend the 5th Important Dinner for Women at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on Sept. 20, 2010, in New York. The event, hosted by Queen Rania, Murdoch and Indra Nooyi, was held to highlight the importance of achieving the UN's Millennium Development Goals for girls and women.

Chairman and CEO of News Corporation Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng attendsthe Costume Institute Gala Benefit to celebrate the opening of the "American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity" exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 3, 2010, in New York.

Wendy Murdoch attends the DVF Awards at the United Nations on March 13, 2010, in New York.

News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch and wife Wendi Deng Murdoch attend Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World Gala on Thursday, May 8, 2008, in New York.

Socialite Wendi Deng and actress Ziyi Zhang attend a Cinema Society screening of "My Blueberry Nights" at the Tribeca Grand Hotel, April 2, 2008, in New York.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his wife, Wendi Deng, arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala, in New York on May 5, 2008.

Rupert Murdoch and his wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch, arrive for the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Monday, Jan. 15, 2007, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Rupert Murdoch, chairman and CEO of New Corporation arrives with his wife, Wendi Deng, for the annual Allen & Co.'s media conference on July 9, 2008, in Sun Valley, Idaho.

Wendi Deng, right, is pictured with Ivanka Trump at a screening of "Nanking" at the Tribeca Grand Screening Room on Oct. 29, 2007, in New York.