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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ted_TurnerTed Turner - Wikipedia

    Turner Enterprises, Inc. (TEI) is a private American company that was founded in 1976 and manages the business interests, land holdings and investments of Ted Turner, including the oversight of Turner's 24 properties across the U.S. and Argentina.

    • Entrepreneur, television producer, media proprietor, philanthropist
    • Who Is Ted Turner?
    • Early Life
    • Business Career
    • Personal Life

    Ted Turner was born in Ohio, in 1938. He began working for his father's company, Turner Advertising and became president and CEO in 1963. He later renamed the company the Turner Broadcasting Company and founded the first 24-hour cable news network, CNN, which debuted in 1980. Time Warner purchased Turner Broadcasting for $7.5 billion in 1996. Turne...

    Ted Turner was born Robert Edward Turner III in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 19, 1938. He is the eldest child of parents Robert Edward (Ed) Turner Jr. and Florence (Rooney) Turner. Turner's father owned his own company, Turner Advertising. The business was lucrative; Ed earned a substantial profit selling billboard ads. Although Ed was a good prov...

    In 1960, Turner's father made him the manager of Turner Advertising’s Macon, Georgia, branch. Turner quickly showed a natural talent for business by more than doubling the office’s revenue in his first year. When Turner’s father bought out a competitor in 1962, the costly buyout and subsequent debt placed the company in a tenuous financial conditio...

    Over the course of his successful career in broadcasting, Turner married and divorced three times. His most famous marriage was his third, to actress and activist Jane Fonda. The couple married in 1991 and divorced a decade later over a disagreement on religious beliefs. In total, Turner has five children—two from his first marriage to Judy Gale Ny...

  2. www.forbes.com › profile › ted-turnerTed Turner - Forbes

    6 days ago · Ted Turner is best known for founding CNN, the first 24-hour news station, in 1980. After his father died in 1963, Turner took control of his father's billboard company, Turner Advertising, and ...

  3. Ted Turner has largely been out of the spotlight since revealing his Lewy body dementia diagnosis, but in a heartfelt letter, he celebrated CNN's 43rd anniversary. "June 1st will always hold a ...

  4. Jul 25, 2022 · Laura Turner Seydel speaks about her father, Ted Turner, and Lewy Body Dementia. For more Life Itself talks and related articles visit here. 03:58 - Source: CNN. Stories worth watching 16 videos ...

  5. Ted Turner founded CNN in 1980. It was the first global 24-hour news network. Turner turned 75 on November 19; he is involved in philanthropy now

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  7. Apr 9, 2019 · In his prime as a media mogul, Ted Turner was the embodiment of disruption. From humble beginnings with a UHF-TV station in Atlanta, Turner built an empire that blazed trails in communications ...

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