- Ted Turner is an American media mogul, known as founder of the Cable News Network (CNN), the first 24-hour cable news channel
| Born: | 19 November 1938 Comment | | How old is Ted Turner in 2024? / Age: | 85 years
| | Zodiac sign: | Scorpio |
Ted Turner Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| | How much is Ted Turner worth? | Under review
| | Hair color: | Grey | | Eyes color: | Blue |
Who is Ted Turner? / Facts
- He founded also 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 US 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
- Turner's penchant for controversial statements earned him the nicknames "The Mouth of the South" and "Captain Outrageous"
- Turner has also devoted his assets to environmental causes
- He was the largest private landowner in the United States until John C. Malone surpassed him in 2011
- He uses much of his land for ranches to re-popularize bison meat (for his Ted's Montana Grill chain), amassing the largest herd in the world
- He also created the environmental-themed animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers
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