The death of Ted Turner, the mogul who transformed television with the creation of CNN, has put a end to the chapter of one of the most acclaimed entrepreneurs in the history of the media of communication. And with this, several questions have raised about the future of the fortune he made over his six decades career.

According to information cited by Forbes, at the time of his death, Turner's estate was estimated to be between $2.5 billion and $2.8 billion. At the rate of this sum, the businessman was wealthy. considered the second largest individual landowner in North America, with approximately two million acres distributed in eight US states and in Argentina, as reported USA Today.

Through these properties, the tycoon established businesses dedicated to buffalo ranching, fishing, hunting and ecotourism. The same publication dest here within the Turner Ranches, located in Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico and South Dakota, are housed than 45,000 bison on properties.

However, this extension of its fortune would be managed by Turner Enterprises with the goal of operating in an “economically sustainable and ecologically responsible” manner, rescues Infobae.

Regarding the fate of his fortune and possible heirs, there is still no clear verdict. However, the founder of CNN has a large family. Although he was not married at the time of his death, he is survived by his five children, 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

These are the results of 2 of 3 marriages he contracted throughout his life. In the 60s, Ted Turner married Judy (Nye) Turner, his mother his daughter Laura and his son Robert Edward “Teddy” Turner IV, while with Jane Smith Turner (his wife from 1964 to 1980) had Beau, Rhett and Jennie.

However, his best-known marriage took place in 1991, with actress Jane Fonda, with whom he divorced in 2001 after not sharing children.

Ted Turner: the beginning of a legacy

Ted Turner's estate began to be built around 1963, when he took over his father's billboard business. Seventeen years later, in 1980, he founded CNN, considered the prime r cable news channel available 24 hours a day. It was also considered a pioneer in the creation of the so-called “superstations”, which transmitted content from an individual channel to the entire country.

Thanks to the success of its innovation, in 1996 CNN put for sale its entire network of channels to Time Warner for an approximate $7.34 billion dollars, consolidating e like a monumental transaction for then. Today, the chain belongs to Warner Bros. Discovery, but is in the process of selling to Paramount Skydance.

In addition to the world of communication, Ted Turner was interested in investing his fortune in sports; he owned two Atlanta sports franchises: the MLB Braves and the NBA Hawks.

The businessman did not leave social causes, which turned him into a prolific philanthropist and environmentalist who preferred to call himself “a person who does good”. His contributions in this field range from u a billion-dollar donation to the United Nations and co-founding “The Nuclear Threat”Initiative,” a non-profit organization dedicated to the defense of civil rights.