By Porter Bibb
Ted Turner, America’s maverick multi-billionaire, is better often called the writer of CNN who revolutionized the scoop undefined, married Jane Fonda, after which turned the most important shareholder in media powerhouse Time-Warner. What makes him tick? And, probably extra very important, what drives the uncanny company experience that has made him so spectacularly profitable? Porter Bibb’s critically-acclaimed biography delves deep to investigate Ted Turner’s impressive transformation from the upstart often called "The Mouth of the South" to the fellow Bibb calls "the first sincere billionaire in history."
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Instead he invests in what he believesNative American film projects, Cousteau documentaries, National Geographic specials, and mass educational ventures like the animated series "Capt. Planet," which all have a legitimate business rationale but which also carry important messages Turner wants the world to hear. Will he be left at the post as the new information age unfolds? Not bloody likely. We are living through a watershed in history as cataclysmic as the invention of movable type or the Industrial Revolution.
Not bloody likely. We are living through a watershed in history as cataclysmic as the invention of movable type or the Industrial Revolution. The basic economic currency is no longer capital or natural resources or labor. The only currency that matters now is knowledge. Economic performance, theorist Peter Drucker contends, is no longer the sole purpose of a business. " If Drucker is right, Turner may once again have got himself out on the cutting edge, as Turner Broadcasting System becomes a prototype of the new age corporation.
Suffering from complications brought on by a persistent heart condition, she had planned to be there, had even picked out her dress, but was too weak to make the trip from Cincinnati. Florence would pass away just three weeks later, leaving Jimmy Brown as Ted Turner's only real link with his past. As usual, Jimmy had done his best to ensure that this day would be as perfect as possible. He knew exactly how his Mr. Ted liked everything and piled the wedding table high with Avalon's native Page 4 bountywild rice, candied yams, collard greens, corn bread, and fresh quail, shot by none other than the bride herself.