In this riveting biography of the heir apparent to the world's most controversial media dynasty, acclaimed author Paddy Manning asks: can Lachlan Murdoch hang onto his father Rupert's empire or will the third generation of Murdoch moguls prove the last? Despite a life in the spotlight, Lachlan Murdoch is an enigma. He is an outdoor adventurer with passions for sailing, climbing, and motorcycles, and a family man who prefers the quiet of a Sydney suburb to the glamour of Hollywood. Media reports portray him as an ultra-conservative ideologue while friends describe him as a free-thinking libertarian. His record as a businessman is checkered with shrewd bets and monumental failures. Manning masterfully untangles the various threads of Lachlan's life and sheds light on how he triumphed in his family's turbulent succession wars. He examines the scion's performance as Fox Corp. CEO, and the role his Fox News has played in the rise of Donald Trump. In addition to laying out what we can expect from Lachlan in the future, The Successor weighs the odds that his siblings will continue to support him when the ninety-one-year-old Rupert inevitably passes from the scene. This is a book about the good, the bad, and the ugly of the global media world, and about America in the age of Trump and Murdoch. It is a book about power, apprenticeship, and succession. Book jacket.