Ted Turner
$2.53B
as of 07/05/24
About Ted Turner
Ted Turner is best known for founding CNN, the first 24-hour news station, in 1980.
After his father died in 1963, Turner took control of his father's billboard company, Turner Advertising, and rebranded it "Turner Broadcasting."
He sold Turner to Time Warner for $7.3 billion in stock in 1996 and saw his fortune tumble when Time Warner bought AOL in 2001, causing shares to drop.
Turner is America's third-largest individual landowner, with roughly 2 million acres.
Turner, a Giving Pledge signee, chairs the Turner Foundation Inc, which is dedicated to protecting and restoring America's natural environments.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Cable televisionResidence
Atlanta, GeorgiaMarital status
DivorcedBirth date
11/19/38 (age 85)Number of children
5Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Brown UniversitySelf-made
inherited and growingTed Turner’s fortune is worth
42K
troy ounces of gold
39K
median U.S. household
25K
median U.S. income
0.051%
U.S. credit card volume
0.01%
GDP of the United States
0.007%
United States debt
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Turner owns a more than 30,000-acre estate in Florida called Avalon Plantation, where he married actress Jane Fonda in 1991.
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