11 Most Expensive Divorce Settlements in the World

2. Rupert Murdoch – Anna Murdoch (née Torv )

Settlement: $1.7 billion

CEO of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ:FOX) and one of the richest media magnates in the world Rupert Murdoch divorced his wife Anna in 1999, after 32 years of marriage. The divorce cost him $1.2 billion. Just 17 days later, he married his third wife Wendi Deng, 37 years his junior. This marriage lasted 13 years and the couple split over the allegations of Wendi having an affair with Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister of the UK and the godfather of Grace, their older daughter. Rupert played it safe this time and had Wendy sign a prenuptial agreement. Although, he did sell The Morning Glory, the yacht they were married on immediately after the divorce.