Ted Turner
Risk 82Entrepreneur
87 years oldAmerican0 picksBorn November 19, 1938
The man who gave us 24-hour news cycles (you're welcome, insomniacs) built CNN from scratch and amassed a media empire including TBS and TNT before casually donating a billion dollars to the UN. This yacht-racing, bison-ranching, former Jane Fonda husband has never done anything small—including his battles with health issues he's been refreshingly candid about. At 87, the Mouth of the South remains one of television's most colorful pioneers, proving you can change the world and still have time to own more land than some countries.
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Risk Score82/100 - Critical
About Ted Turner
The man who gave us 24-hour news cycles (you're welcome, insomniacs) built CNN from scratch and amassed a media empire including TBS and TNT before casually donating a billion dollars to the UN. This yacht-racing, bison-ranching, former Jane Fonda husband has never done anything small—including his battles with health issues he's been refreshingly candid about. At 87, the Mouth of the South remains one of television's most colorful pioneers, proving you can change the world and still have time to own more land than some countries.
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