Ted Turner

Entrepreneur

Birthday November 19, 1938

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Cincinnati, OH

Age 85 years old

#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.