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Wendi Deng Murdoch (; born December 8, 1968) is a Chinese-born American businesswoman. She was the third wife of News Corporation chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, who filed for divorce from her in June 2013.〔("Rupert Murdoch files for divorce from Wendi Deng" ), BBC News, 13 June 2013〕 In 1988 Deng was sponsored by an American family for a student visa. She attended Cal State Northridge for economics and completed her master's degree in business at the Yale School of Management, where she currently serves on the board of advisers.〔(Yale School of Management – Board of Advisors ). Accessed December 2, 2012.〕 Deng's debut in the media came with Fox TV. She was offered an internship at Star TV, Hong Kong, part of News Corporation. ==Early life and education== Wendi Deng Murdoch was born in Jinan, Shandong, and raised in Xuzhou, Jiangsu. Her birth name was Deng Wenge (邓文革),〔 〕 Wenge meaning "Cultural Revolution."〔(Behind Wendi Deng’s billion-dollar spike )〕 She changed it in her teens when a more open and international mood took hold. She is one of four children (three daughters, one son) born to engineers.〔 She attended Xuzhou First Secondary School and Xuzhou No. 1 Middle School. She developed an interest in playing volleyball. While she was in high school, her father relocated to Guangzhou, where he worked at the People's Machinery Works; she and her family remained behind for a short while. In 1985, at age 16, she enrolled in Guangzhou Medical College.〔 In 1987 she met an American businessman and his wife, Jake and Joyce Cherry, who had temporarily relocated to China and helped build a refrigerator factory.〔 She studied English with Joyce.〔 In 1988 she abandoned her medical studies and traveled to the United States to study, with Jake and Joyce Cherry sponsoring her student visa〔 (Jake later became Deng's first husband). She enrolled at California State University, Northridge, where she studied economics and was among the top students.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.theasiamag.com/people/wendi-deng-heiress-apparent )〕 She received a bachelor's degree in economics from California State University at Northridge and an MBA from the Yale School of Management, where she currently serves on the board of advisers.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wendi Deng Murdoch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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