Ted Turner

Founder of CNN and media mogul

Edward F. Turner III is an American media mogul, businessman, and philanthropist. He is best known as the founder of the Cable News Network (CNN) and Turner Broadcasting System (TBS). Turner was born on November 19, 1938, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated from Brown University and later served in the United States Army. Turner's early career involved working in the advertising industry, and he eventually founded TBS...