R.
E. Turner(U.S.A.)
Chairman, Turner Enterprises, Inc.
R.E. Turner is currently Chairman of Turner
Enterprises, Inc. which was created in 1976
to oversee Turner's private landholdings.
The company’s mission is to manage Turner
lands in an economically sustainable and ecologically
sensitive manner while promoting the conservation
of native species. Turner is also Chairman
of the United Nations Foundation, a charitable
organization he founded to support United
Nations causes, and Chairman of the Turner
Foundation, Inc., the Turner family's private
grant-making organization, which focuses on
population and the environment. Turner co-chairs
the Nuclear Threat Initiative with Senator
Sam Nunn. The Nuclear Threat Initiative seeks
to strengthen global security by reducing
the risk of use and preventing the spread
of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.
Turner is a member of the board of directors
of the National Cable Television Association,
the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent
Change, the Greater Yellowstone Coalition,
the International Founders Council of the
Smithsonian Institution's Museum of the American
Indian, the Business Council for the United
Nations, and Brown University.
In 1980, Turner inaugurated CNN, the world's
first, live, in-depth, round-the-clock news
television network. A second all-news service,
Headline News, began operation on January
1, 1982, offering updated newscasts every
half-hour. Launched in September 1985, CNN
International serves as the company's global
news service and is distributed in more than
210 countries and territories worldwide.
Turner originated the Goodwill Games in 1985
as a quadrennial, multi-sport, international,
world-class competition. The inaugural Goodwill
Games were held in July 1986 in Moscow and
were followed by the 1990 Games in Seattle,
Washington, the 1994 Games in St. Petersburg,
Russia, and most recently, the 1998 Games
in New York City. The 2001 Goodwill games
took place in Brisbane, Australia.
Mr. Turner became Vice Chairman of Time Warner
in October 1996, with the merger of Time Warner
Inc. and Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Mr. Turner oversaw Time Warner's Cable Networks
division, which included the assets of Turner
Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.), the
CNN Newsgroup, as well as Home Box Office,
Cinemax, and the company's interests in Comedy
Central and Court TV. He also oversaw New
Line Cinema and the company's professional
sports teams-the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Hawks
and Atlanta Thrashers. In January 2001, he
became Vice Chairman of AOL Time Warner, a
position from which he served until May 2003.
Turner is an active environmentalist and has
received numerous civic and industry awards
and honors, including being named Time magazine's
1991 Man of the Year. He is also a superior
yachtsman, having won national and world sailing
titles, including a successful defense of
the 1977 America's Cup, the 1979 Fastnet Trophy
and four Yachtsman of the Year awards.
In January 2002, Turner opened the first Ted's
Montana Grill in Columbus, Ohio with his partner,
George W. McKerrow Jr., founder of the Longhorn
Steakhouse chain and several other successful
restaurants. Ted's Montana Grill offers classic
American comfort food, including bison or
beef burgers, in an authentic Montana bar
and grill atmosphere. Ted's Montana Grill
expects to open up to forty more restaurants
in the next few years.
Turner was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Nov.
19, 1938. When he was nine years old, his
family moved to Savannah, Georgia. He received
a degree from Brown University, where he was
vice president of the Debating Union and commodore
of the Yacht Club. Mr. Turner is the father
of five children and resides in Tallahassee,
Florida.
R.
E. Turner 
