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Ted Turner
| American businessman, founder of the hour news channel CNN Date of Birth: Country: USA |
Content:
- Early Life and Formative Influences
- Education and Early Career
- Sailing and Media Empire
- Creation of CNN
- Media Acquisitions and Turner Broadcasting System (TBS)
- Time Warner and Philanthropy
- Personal Life and Legacy
Early Life and Formative Influences
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio in , Ted Turner's childhood was marked by both privilege and adversity.
His father, a wealthy advertising executive, subjected young Robert Edward Turner to physical and emotional abuse. At military school, he faced further mistreatment from his peers and his father's harsh disciplinary methods.
Education and Early Career
Despite the setbacks, Turner harbored a relentless ambition.
With his father's financial support, he enrolled at Brown University, but was expelled for "moral misconduct." Undeterred, he moved to Atlanta in to pursue his entrepreneurial dreams.
