Media Man

Media Man

Ted Turner, born 1938 in Cincinnati, was a big admirer of Alexander the Great and at times he emulated him. His father, Ed, ran a successful outdoor-advertising company. Ted’s childhood was comprised of troublemaking and his father’s forceful dictatorship over him. Ted attended boarding school and by his teenage years realized he did not want to work for his father which made Ed very angry. Ted was accepted to Brown U. despite his rejection from Harvard. Ted declared Classics as a major which peeved his father and merited Ted a threatening letter from him. Later, Ted was expelled from Brown for sneaking in a coed and then entered the family billboard business. In 1960, Ted married Julia Gale Nye, had 2 children, and then was divorced by Julia due to Ted’s actions. Ted married shortly after in 1964 to Jane Smith with who had 3 children and again divorced. In 1989, Ted had his first date