Ted Turner

Ted Turner is one of the prime personalities when it comes to media proprietorship. He is widely recognized as the founder of Cable News Network, often shortened as CNN. It was the first channel of its kind that produces 24-hour content about news and current affairs in and outside the country. Along the way, Turner also found success in other businesses, including his Ted’s Montana food chain and his animated series, Captain Planet and the Planeteers.

He is also known as one of the most prominent philanthropists in the industry, with his most notable effort to donate $1 billion to the United Nations. This endeavor eventually led to the United Nations Foundation’s founding, a charity program to further support the UN. With the multiple investments he’s made through the years, Ted Turner can easily give grants to any organization that needs financial aid.