Which family is the second largest Disney shareholder?

Murdoch family becomes second largest Disney shareholder with Fox deal. Once 21st Century Fox shareholders swap their holdings for Walt Disney Co. stock, Rupert Murdoch and his family will become the Burbank entertainment giant's second largest shareholders, behind only mutual fund giant Vanguard.



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