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Biography of Ted TurnerName: Ted TurnerBirth Date: November 19, 1938 Death Date: N/A Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States Nationality: American Gender: Male Occupations: business executive, entrepreneur Ted Turner Ted Turner (born 1938), American television entrepreneur, was a pioneer in the field of cable television, establishing the first satellite superstation and the first all-news network. He already was worth more than billion by 1996, when he merged his Turner Broadcasting Network with Time Warner to create the world's largest media company. In 2001, Time Warner merged with America Online to form AOL Time Warner, with Turner becoming vice-chairman.Born November 19, 1938, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Robert Edward (Ted) Turner III was the oldest child of Ed and Florence Turner. When Turner was nine years old, his father, a native Southerner, moved the family to Savannah, Georgia, where he had bought an outdoor advertising company that was renamed the Turner Advertising Company. This business later launched the younger Turner's successful career as an innovative and risk-taking communications entrepreneur.Raised by a harsh and domineering father, Turner was sent to military schools in Georgia and Tennessee. …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…a contract with Simon and Schuster for an autobiography.See also Bibb, Porter, It Ain't As Easy As It Looks: The Story of Ted Turner & CNN (1993). Goldberg, Robert and Gerald J. Goldberg, Citizen Turner (1995). Painton, Priscilla, "The Taming of Ted Turner," Time (January 6, 1992). Andrews, Suzanna, "Ted Turner among the Suits," New York (December 9, 1996). Conant, Jennet, "Married... With Buffalo," Vanity Fair (April 1997) [discusses marriage and relationship between Turner and Jane Fonda]. Masters, Kim and Bryan Burrough, "Cable Guys," Vanity Fair (January 1997). Galletta, Jan. "Ted Turner Blasts President Bush for Environmental Stance." Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News, March 28, 2001. Levine, Samantha. "A Turner for the Worse." U.S. News & World Report, March 19, 2001. "Ted Turner Starts Production Company." New York Times, June 16, 2001. "Turner: Times Have Been Tough." Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH), April 17, 2001. Kempner, Matt. "AOL Time Warner Off To Great Start, Boss Says." Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, GA), May 18, 2001. See also Newsweek, September 29, 1997. |