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Ted Turner

Ted Turner
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Turner in 2007
Born Robert Edward Turner III
(1938-11-19) November 19, 1938 (age 78)
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater Brown University
Occupation
Home town Atlanta, Georgia
Net worth IncreaseUS$2.2 billion (June 2015)
Spouse(s)
  • Julia Gale Nye
  • (1960–1964)
  • Jane Shirley Smith
  • (1965–1988)
  • Jane Fonda
  • (1991–2001)
Children 5
Website Official website
Ted Turner
Medal record
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1971 Seawanhaka 5.5m
Silver medal – second place 1970 Sydney 5.5m
Silver medal – second place 1972 Geneva 5.5m
Silver medal – second place 1976 Hankø 5.5m

Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the Cable News Network (CNN), the first 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television.

As a philanthropist, he is known for his US$1 billion gift to support the United Nations, which created the United Nations Foundation, a public charity to broaden domestic support for the UN. Turner serves as Chairman of the United Nations Foundation board of directors. Additionally, in 2001, Turner co-founded the Nuclear Threat Initiative with U.S. Senator Sam Nunn (D-GA). NTI is a non-partisan organisation dedicated to reducing global reliance on, and preventing the proliferation of, nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. He currently serves as Co-Chairman on the Board of Directors.

Turner's media empire began with his father's billboard business, Turner Outdoor Advertising, which he took over in 1963 after his father's suicide. It was worth $1 million. His purchase of an Atlanta UHF station in 1970 began the Turner Broadcasting System. CNN revolutionized news media, covering the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986 and the Persian Gulf War in 1991. Turner turned the Atlanta Braves baseball team into a nationally popular franchise and launched the charitable Goodwill Games. He helped revive interest in professional wrestling by buying World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and starting the Monday Night Wars in 1995, airing Monday Nitro on his TNT head-to-head against the World Wrestling Federation's Monday Night Raw on USA.


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