TED TURNER | 83

Ted Turner is the man behind the Cable News Network (CNN), a cable channel that became the first to provide 24-hour news coverage. Turner studied Economics at Brown University but did not graduate, yet the university later awarded him an honorary degree in the year 1989. His late father was an advertising magnate, and he took over the company when he was just 24 years old. It was in the late ’70s when he had investments in the news channel.

Turner has five children who will probably take over the business soon. His current net worth reaches $2.1 billion. He is now pushing through 82, which leaves us to wonder if he’s reaping the benefits of his past investments. He had a recent appearance in a 2018 interview on CBS Sunday Morning. He revealed his current battle with Lewy Body Dementia and vowed to donate a considerable chunk of his fortune.