Lachlan Murdoch

Lachlan Murdoch is co-chair and chief executive of Fox Corporation (NYSE: FOXA), the Murdoch-family media holding company. In June 2026 he presided over two of the most consequential strategic moves in FOX's history: the launch of Fox One streaming on 11 June 2026 with AI-powered match summaries for all 104 FIFA World Cup 2026 fixtures, and the announcement four days later of FOX's $22 billion acquisition of Roku, the deal designed to give FOX device-level audience data from more than 100 million streaming households to power those AI products.

Lachlan Murdoch was appointed chief executive of Fox Corporation when it was separated from 21st Century FOX following the 2019 Disney asset sale. He is the son of Rupert Murdoch and has guided FOX's post-split identity as a news and sports broadcaster pivoting toward streaming and data. Under his leadership FOX retained FOX News, FOX Sports, Tubi, and FOX Entertainment while the film studio and most entertainment assets were sold. The Roku acquisition, if approved by regulators, would be the largest deal executed during his tenure.

His standing in the media-AI pivot is significant: FOX is pursuing an AI-data integration strategy distinct from the content-licensing approach of Lionsgate (Runway equity) or the vendor-disclosure model of France Televisions. Murdoch's FOX is acquiring the data infrastructure outright.