9 Succession Parallels With the Murdoch Family Too Wild to Ignore

The Murdoch Family Succession

As of Rupert Murdoch’s retirement as chairman of News Corp. and Fox Corp, Lachlan Murdoch is the new sole chairman of News Corp. and will continue as Fox Corp.’s executive chair and CEO.

Succession kind of predicted this: When Logan Roy died on a private jet, his two sons, Kendall and Roman, took over as the co-heads of Waystar Royco. By the series finale, Kendall — who, as we noted above, has some similarities with Lachlan Murdoch — had maneuvered his way into a deal in which he would have become the sole leader of the company.

Of course, that deal soon fell apart, prompting his horrific “I’m the eldest boy!” tantrum (above).

One way real life diverges dramatically from Succession is that Rupert Murdoch stepped down on his own terms, while Logan Roy held onto his company until his sudden death. He planned to sell it and retire, but that didn’t work out as he planned.

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