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James Murdoch.
- James Murdoch is the CEO of 21st Century Fox, the mass media company his father founded as part of the former News Corporation.
- Murdoch is presently rumored to be the top choice for the next chairman of Tesla.
- He would take over the reins from Tesla founder Elon Musk.
James Murdoch is the CEO of 21st Century Fox, the mass media company his father founded as part of the former News Corporation.
Two people familiar with the matter shared with the Financial Times that Murdoch is the top candidate to replace Elon Musk as Tesla's chairman.
He would take over the reins from Tesla founder Elon Musk, who agreed to step down as Tesla chairman for three years as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC claims that Musk broke securities laws in August when he tweeted "funding secure" in reference to taking the company private.
Here's the life and career of Murdoch, who rose from a hip-hop label founder to the leader of one of the world's most dominant media corporations:
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