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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 10,234,705 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 51 in 2019). Ted Turner is the 177th most popular businessperson (down from 113th in 2019), the 1,956th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,292nd in 2019) and the 66th 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)

  • 57.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Ted Turner ranks 177 out of 601. Before him are Theodor de Bry, Malcolm Glazer, Edsel Ford, Asa Griggs Candler, Jack Daniel, and Thomas J. Watson. After him are Thomas Lipton, Ambroise Vollard, John Langenus, Rebiya Kadeer, Piero Ferrari, and Jack Welch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Ted Turner ranks 106. Before him are Phil Knight, Bill Withers, Larry Scott, Ed Lauter, Jean-Claude Mézières, and Tereza Kesovija. After him are Cabu, Ryōji Noyori, Guy Roux, Keith O'Brien, Girish Karnad, and Morihiro Hosokawa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ted Turner ranks 1,956 out of 18,182. Before him are Thomas J. Watson (1874), Richard Brooks (1912), Hubert Humphrey (1911), Burt Bacharach (1928), Robert Mapplethorpe (1946), and Chris Evert (1954). After him are Carol Gilligan (1936), Alfred Vail (1807), Matthew Ridgway (1895), Chris Kyle (1974), Robert Lefkowitz (1943), and Bill Paxton (1955).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Ted Turner ranks 66. Before him are Phil Knight (1938), Malcolm Glazer (1928), Edsel Ford (1893), Asa Griggs Candler (1851), Jack Daniel (1850), and Thomas J. Watson (1874). After him are Jack Welch (1935), Jesse Livermore (1877), Sheldon Adelson (1933), George Gallup (1901), Maxwell Perkins (1884), and Henry J. Heinz (1844).

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