David Fokenflik

Ted Turner is perhaps best known for starting CNN.

That's Eason Jordan, who rose to be CNN's chief news executive.

The place operated on the cheap and on the fly.

CNN came into its own with coverage of the Challenger space shuttle explosion and the first Gulf War.

In 1996, with the launch of rivals Fox News and MSNBC, Turner sold his holdings.

He gave a billion to fund the United Nations and helped to inspire the Giving Pledge from philanthropic giants Warren Buffett and Bill Gates.