Captain Outrageous: 101 classic Ted Turner reflections
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CAPTAIN OUTRAGEOUS: THE WIT, WISDOM AND WRATH OF TED TURNER -- 101
CLASSIC REFLECTIONS
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CNN founder Ted Turner goes by the aliases “Captain Outrageous”
and “Mouth of the South”.
Either way, Turner is never boring. In an age of cautiously
scripted media executives, he trusts his gut over financial models and
retains plenty of oomph despite his age. He is now inching toward his
eighth decade.
Incapable of retirement, between breeding bison and running a
buffalo-burger restaurant chain, the media mogul works on saving the
world from his three main enemies. Polio, nukes and greenhouse gases.
Recently, he injected money into the campaign to save the Tasmanian
Devil from the face cancer ravaging the species.
This eBook Captain Outrageous ($19.95) amasses the maverick's most
provocative observations on the environment, business and politics.
As might be expected, his collected soundbites make arresting yet
illuminating reading. Few living thinkers have a clearer sense of the
big picture.
About the editor
David Wilson is a journalist published everywhere from the Malaysia
Star to the International Herald Tribune and the Times Literary
Supplement.
Testimonials
'Ted Turner lives larger than most, and love him, hate him, admire
him or envy him, he's created a legacy of combining huge money with
huge heart and having huge impact that we could all learn from.
These straightforward words from the horse's mouth capture the rogue
and the soul of this complex and driven man.'
Vivienne Simon, JD, CPCC
Coaching The Double Bottom Line: Successful Enterprise and Social
Contribution
www.vivsimon.com
'Take one part hubris and one part Southern charm and you get Ted
Turner.
This collection of Mr. Turner's witticisms remind us why he has been
dubbed
'Terrible Ted', but you just can't help agreeing with him from time
to time.'
Lauren Milligan, career advancement expert, ResuMayday
'David Wilson has captured the always intriguing essence of Ted
Turner in
Captain Outrageous. Turner's patented think-big, act-fast,
shoot-from-the-lip style comes through loud and clear, and blunt.
Gotta love it.'
Mark Amtower, author, Why Epiphanies Never Occur to Couch Potatoes.
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