TED TURNER

Robert Edward “Ted” Turner III is the owner, producer and philanthropist of American media. As a businessman, he is known as the founder of CNN (the first 24-hour cable news channel). In addition, he also founded WTBS, a company that pioneered the concept of super workstations in cable television and later became TBS. Ted Turner is the living proof that smart investment planning can definitely go a long way. He is the man responsible for one of the biggest media networks known as CNN.

Turner is considered to be a media genius and of course, one of the wealthiest men. Aside from being successful in the field of media, he is also known to be a philanthropist. Reports surfaced that Turner gave a billion-dollar donation to the United Nations. Thus, he serves as the chairman of the United Nations Foundation board of directors. Currently, he has a net worth of $2.2 billion, and it only shows that he is great with money management.

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