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Ted Turner

1938 - Today

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Robert Edward Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American entrepreneur, television producer, media proprietor, and philanthropist. He founded the Cable News Network (CNN), the first 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television, which later became TBS. As a philanthropist, he gave $1 billion to create the United Nations Foundation, a public charity to broaden U.S. support for the UN. Turner serves as Chairman of the United Nations Foundation board of directors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ted Turner has received more than 10,441,526 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Ted Turner is the 177th most popular businessperson, the 1,933rd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,955th in 2019) and the 57th most popular American Businessperson.

Ted Turner is most famous for being the founder of CNN, which was the first 24-hour news network.

Memorability Metrics

  • 10M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Ted Turner ranks 177 out of 847. Before him are Jack Daniel, Thomas J. Watson, Axel Springer, Johns Hopkins, Bernard Baruch, and Lady Bird Johnson. After him are Martha Stewart, Isaac Carasso, Rebiya Kadeer, Pierre Bergé, Maurice de Hirsch, and Ludvig Nobel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Ted Turner ranks 110. Before him are Karin Dor, Tom Regan, Seishiro Shimatani, Milan Galić, Radivoj Korać, and Adolf Scherer. After him are Connie Francis, Heino, Morihiro Hosokawa, Keith O'Brien, Guy Roux, and Félix Mourinho.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ted Turner ranks 1,933 out of 20,380. Before him are Armand Assante (1949), Natalie Zemon Davis (1928), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807), Bruce McCandless II (1937), Henry A. Wallace (1888), and Maria Branyas (1907). After him are Moby (1965), Mick Foley (1965), Connie Francis (1938), Jim Henson (1936), Wilbur Scoville (1865), and Martha Stewart (1941).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Ted Turner ranks 57. Before him are Johnny Kitagawa (1931), Jack Daniel (1850), Thomas J. Watson (1874), Johns Hopkins (1795), Bernard Baruch (1870), and Lady Bird Johnson (1912). After him are Martha Stewart (1941), Marissa Mayer (1975), Walter Chrysler (1875), Larry Silverstein (1931), William C. Durant (1861), and Roger Ailes (1940).

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