age: 80
age: 65
Ted Turner
#35,842 Most Popular
About
Media mogul who founded CNN and Turner Broadcasting. He pioneered the idea of a superstation on cable television. He was nicknamed The Mouth of the South and Captain Outrageous.
Before Fame
He was a member of Brown University's debate and sailing teams.
Trivia
He made the Atlanta Braves a nationally beloved baseball team and founded the Goodwill Games. He has accumulated more than 20,000 followers on his TedTurnerIII X account.
Family Life
He took over his father's media empire at the age of 24 when his father committed suicide. He married three times and had five children.
Associated With
He was married to actress and fitness guru Jane Fonda, daughter of legendary film actor Henry Fonda.
