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Ted  Turner
cable TV magnate and eco-rancher

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"If I only had a little humility I would be perfect."
— Ted Turner

Ted Turner entry at Wikipedia
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Ted Turner credits [] at Internet Movie Database

Ted Turner's awards include: the Golden CableACE Award in 1987 a Special Award from the National Board of Review, USA in 1992 the Governor's Award at the Primetime Emmy Awards in 1992 induction into the America's Cup Hall of Fame in 1993 (inaugural class) a Golden Boot Award in 1993 the International Documentary Association Career Achievement Award in 1996 a P.G.A. Awards Lifetime Achievement Award in Television in 1996 a Personal Award from the Peabody Awards [est. 1940] in 1998 the Women in Film Crystal Awards Humanitarian Award in 1999 the Damon Runyon Award from the Denver Press Club [est. 1867] in 1999 the CINE Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002 a Telluride Film Festival Silver Medallion Award in 2003 a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in April 2004 induction into the Advertising Hall of Fame in 2004 a Jules Verne Nature Award in 2007 a Sports Emmy Awards Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014 the News & Documentary Emmy Awards Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015 induction into Online Film & Television Association's TV Hall of Fame in 2018

Past  and  Present  Holdings

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T.B.S. Networks {Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.}
truTV, and TCM (Turner Classic Movies)
Turner Broadcasting System
Turner Home Ent. + Turner Publng + Turner Books

Sports: Baseball

Sports: Sailing

Sports: Wrestling
"WCW/NWO Starrcade (TV Special) (executive producer) 1998
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0356072/
"WCW Starrcade (TV Special) (executive producer) 1999
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0356073/
"World Championship Wrestling: Starrcade (TV Special) (executive producer) 2000
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0356074/

Restaurants & Lodging
Ted's Montana Grill chain features bison meat: first Jan 2002 in Columbus Ohio, up to 57 in 2009
  Sierra Grande Lodge & Spa [built 1929 & 1937] in Truth or Consequences, NM

Ranching

RANCHES
590,823 acre Vermejo Park Ranch near Raton, New Mexico (in No NM & So CO)
362,885 acre Armendaris Ranch in south central New Mexico
156,439 acre Ladder Ranch near Hillsboro, New Mexico
141,357 acre Bad River Ranch in central South Dakota
113,613 acre Flying D Ranch in SW Montana [purch 1989]
42,479-acre Z Bar Ranch along the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River in south central Kansas
22,129 acre Bar None Ranch in SW Montana
13,343 acre Snowcrest Ranch in Madison County, Montana
4,878 acre Red Rock Ranch near Bozeman, Montana
Ted Turner's Bad River Ranch in central South Dakota
http://www.tedturner.com/turner-ranches/turner-ranch-map/bad-river-ranch-south-dakota/

Other  Works

"The Playboy Interviews: Movers and Shakers" [2007] Edited by Stephen Randall M Press 9x6 hardcover [2/2007] for $22.95 interviewees include Jeff Bezos of Amazon (2/2000), Sergey Brin & Larry Page of Google (9/2004), Barry Diller (7/1989), Larry Ellison of Oracle (9/2002), Malcolm Forbes (4/1979), Bill Gates of Micro-soft (7/1994), Hugh M. Hefner (1/74 & 1/2000), Leona Helmsley (11/1990), Steven Jobs of Apple, Inc. (2/1985), Calvin Klein (5/1984), Vince McMahon, Jr. (2/2001), Donald Trump (3/1990 & 10/2004), and Ted Turner (8/1978 & 8/1983)

Movies,  Stageplays,  Other  Media

"The '80s: The Decade That Made Us" miniseries [National Geographic April 2013] Three 2-hour episodes, narrated by Rob Lowe; featuring Harry Belafonte, Tom Brokaw, Naomi Campbell, Joan Collins, Jim Cramer, Danny DeVito, Sam Donaldson, Linda Evans, Grandmaster Flash, Jane Fonda, Michael J. Fox, Linda Gray, Larry Hagman, David Hasselhoff, Tony Hawk, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Quincy Jones, Donna Karan, Larry King, Calvin Klein, Robin Leach, George Schultz, Oliver Stone, Ted Turner, Steven Tyler, Jimmy Wales, Dionne Warwick & Steve Wozniak DVD/Blu-ray not available (2014) • full credits at IMDb

Works  About  Ted  Turner

	"They Made America: From The Steam Engine To The Search Engine - Two Centuries of Innovators" [2004] by Sir Harold Evans, with Gail Buckland & David Lefer Innovators covered include Samuel P. Colt, John Fitch, Robert Fulton, Amadeo Giannini (Bank of America), Ruth Handler {Barbie®), Samuel Insull, Ida Rosenthal (Maidenform®), Russell Simmons, Lewis Tappan, Juan Trippe, and Ted Turner Kindle Edition from Back Bay/Hachette [3/2009] for $12.99 Back Bay Books 9x6 pb [5/2006] for $12.79 Little, Brown 11¼x9¼ hardcover [10/2004] for $50.00
	"In Their Time: The Greatest Business Leaders of The Twentieth Century" [orig 1980, rev 2005] by Anthony J. Mayo & Nitin Nohria leaders/subjects examined include Walt Disney, Henry Ford, Bill Gates, Lou Gerstner Jr., Lee Iacocca, Ray Kroc, Estee Lauder, Ted Turner, Sam Walton, and Jack Welsh Harvard Business Review Press 9½x6½ hardcover [9/2005] for $27.98
	"Billionaire! How The Ultra-Rich Built Their Fortunes Through Good and Evil, and What You Can Learn From Them" [2011] by Robert Pittenger, PhD Barrelhead Media 8½x5½ pb [3/2011] for $18.95 Profiles include: Virgin brands founder Richard Branson, Warren Buffett, Netscape founder Jim Clark, Oracle (software) founder Larry Ellison, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, imprisoned Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, E.D.S. founder Ross Perot, FedEx founder Fred Smith, financier George Soros, Martha Stewart, Donald Trump, and cable TV founder & eco-rancher Ted Turner

"World Changers: 25 Entrepreneurs Who Changed Business As We Knew It" [2011] by John A. Byrne Kindle Edition from Portfolio [12/2011] for $12.99 Portfolio Hardcover 9x6¼ hardcover [12/2011] for $16.39 the founding entrepreneurs and their 25 companies: Amazon, Inc. [est. 1994] / Jeff Bezos; Apple, Inc. [est. 1975] / Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak; Dell, Inc. / Michael Dell; Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette; E.B.X. Group of Brasil; Facebook, Inc. [est. 2004] / Mark Zuckerberg; Federal Express Corp. [est. 1971] / Frederick W. Smith; Google, Inc. [est. 1996] / Larry Page & Sergey Brin; Grameen Bank [est. 1976] of Bangladesh; Harpo, Inc. / Oprah Winfrey; The Home Depot [est. 1978]; Infosys of India; Kohler Co. [est. 1873]; LinkedIn [est. 2002]; Microsoft, Inc. [est. 1975] / Bill Gates & Paul Allen; Netflix [est. 1997]; Nike [est. 1964]; Rio de Janiero Organizing Committee For The Olympic Games; The Charles Schwab Corp. [est. 1971] {Charles Schwab}; Southwest Airlines [est. 1967]; Starbucks [est. 1971]; Tata Group of India; Turner Broadcasting [est. 1976] / Ted Turner; Virgin Group [est. 1972] / Richard Branson}; and Whole Foods Market [1980] / John Mackey

Image  Gallery

Family & Friends

first wife Judy Nye Turner [] - married 6/1960, divorced 1964
2 children

second wife Jane Shirley Smith Turner [] - married June 1965, divorced 1988
3 children

third wife Jane Fonda Vadim Hayden Turner [b. 1937] - married 12/1991, divorced 5/2001
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000404

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