Turner was at this event not for his global media reach but because a decade earlier he had established the United Nations Foundation.
Turner established another novel philanthropy called the Captain Planet Foundation, themed after the environmental superhero series Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
As more tycoons like Jeff Bezos and wealthy royals like Prince William valorize planetary philanthropy, Ted Turneras vision of giving is worth emulating.
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