Elisabeth Murdoch CBE (born 22 August 1968) is an Australian-born British and American media executive based in the United Kingdom.

She is the daughter of the media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, and is widely believed to be the inspiration for the character Shiv Roy in the television series Succession.

As of September 2024[update], the whole Murdoch family is involved in a court case in the US in which Elisabeth, her brother James, and elder half-sister Prudence are challenging their father's bid to amend the family trust to ensure that his eldest son, Lachlan, retains control of News Corp and Fox Corp, rather than benefiting all of his six children, as is specified in the "irrevocable" terms of the trust.

[1][2] Her father is the media tycoon, Rupert Murdoch, and her mother is his second wife, journalist and author Anna Maria dePeyster (née Torv).

[3] Murdoch began her career as a manager of programme acquisitions at her father's FX Networks, a cable television unit based in Los Angeles.

Operating as EP Communications on 22 September 1994, Murdoch and her then-husband Elkin Kwesi Pianim purchased a pair of NBC-affiliate television stations (KSBW and KSBY) in California on a US$35 million loan, being secured by her father.

After Sam Chisholm joined the company to manage the day-to-day operations and build the subscriber base, Murdoch served as his second-in-command and de facto apprentice.

However, she also faced criticism after brokering her father's failed £623.4 million bid for English Premier League club Manchester United.

[8] In 2000 Murdoch resigned from the family business,[4] and in March 2001 founded the television production company Shine Limited, which produced hit shows such as MasterChef.

[11] In 2019, Murdoch set up her global TV and film production and development company called Sister Pictures, which is headquartered in London with offices in Los Angeles.

[24] Murdoch's first marriage was to a fellow Vassar graduate, Elkin Kwesi Pianim, an associate in the New York corporate finance department of the Rothschild investment bank.

[4] In September 2024, the whole Murdoch family is involved in a court case in Reno, Nevada, in which Elisabeth, her brother James Murdoch, and half-sister Prudence are challenging their father's bid to amend the family trust to ensure that his eldest son, Lachlan, retains control of News Corp and Fox Corp, rather than benefiting all of his six children, as is specified in the "irrevocable" terms of the trust.