Early Life
Murdoch is the fourth of multibillionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s six children, and the third with Scottish-born Anna Maria (Torv).
As a youngster James was regarded as the brightest of the Murdoch children, but was also considered something of a rebel. He first came to public notice as a 15-year-old intern at the Sydney Daily Mirror but made headlines in the rival The Sydney Morning Herald after he was photographed asleep on a sofa at a press conference.
Murdoch attended Horace Mann School in New York City and graduated in 1991. He then studied film and history at Harvard University, where he edited underground magazines and drew a comic strip for the college’s famed satirical magazine, Harvard Lampoon. He dropped out of university in 1995 without completing his studies. With university friends Brian Brater and Jarret Myer, he backed the establishment of Rawkus Records, an independent hip hop record label. The company was bought by News Corporation in 1998.
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