Common Connections Help Murdoch Land Top Spot in Vanity Fair's 'New Establishment'

Rupert Murdoch has once again obtained the top position on Vanity Fair’s annual “New Establishment” list of the 100 most culturally powerful and influential people (see article). NewsVisual decided to look further into this investing giant with the creation of IntellectSpace Knowledge Maps in order to get a better idea of how his connections helped him land this coveted position.

This first Knowledge Map illustrates many of Murdoch’s direct corporate connections, as well as some of his more prominent school and family ties. His links are extensive and the resulting corporate contacts he has made likely has a large impact on his continuing success and ability to reach new targets.

To further illustrate the scope of Murdoch’s network, this second Knowledge Map displays the some of the more significant board connections of News Corp, where Murdoch is the Chairman/CEO. As seen here, many of the Directors of News Corp have multiple other board memberships, which are connections that Murdoch could easily take advantage of in making future investment moves. For example, if Murdoch had his eye on doing business with Rio Tinto, he need only look to News Corp colleague Rod Eddington, who is a Director at the mining and resources group.

Murdoch likely has a similar range of connections with every company he is directly tied to and is showing no signs of slowing as far as increasing his investing reach. It's no wonder that this financial powerhouse is at the top of the investing game.

Click here or copy these links into your browser for interactive versions of these IntellectSpace Knowledge Maps (Internet Explorer browsers only):

Rupert Murdoch: http://nv.intellectspace.com/ispace/GuestMonitor.aspx?id=79de03fe-3aab-4088-b2b0-7b5ab0dfb532

News Corp: http://nv.intellectspace.com/ispace/GuestMonitor.aspx?id=89e717ab-8987-4628-988d-14e3a6c09f8e