Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 8, 1999
R. E. 'TEDDY' TURNER, son of media mogul Ted Turner, joined Compu-DAWN
in January 1999. His corporate experience, coupled with an
entrepreneurial spirit, helped to ensure that Compu-DAWN quickly became
a leader in the direct marketing of Internet-based products for
consumers. Prior to joining Compu-DAWN , Turner served as Southeast
Regional Sales Manager for Turner Entertainment Group's profitable home
video division. During his four-year tenure there, the division
increased sales thirteen-fold up to $400 million in 1996. That year,
when the division increased sales thirteen-fold up to $400 million in
1996. That year, when the division was absorbed by Time Warner, his
energies turned to Compu-DAWN. Turner had become a true entrepreneur in
1989 when he kicked off Challenge America, a sailing and sports
marketing company. His charter was to raise sponsorship dollars and
secure the placement of an American team in the Whitbread Around-the-
World race. He won the prestigious Miami Montego Bay Race and set
records in the Daytona to Bermuda Race. Previously, Turner had served
for two years as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Country Music
Television until the network was sold to the Nashville Network in 1989.
Early in his career, Turner performed a variety of roles for the Turner
company including cameraman and editor covering Chernobyl, hostilities
in the Soviet Union, Afghanistan and the Good Will Games, as well as
special project manager for Soviet projects. Turner is currently a
member of the Board of Directors for The Turner Foundation, The Jane S.
Turner Foundation, St. Mary's College, the Georgia Chapter of the
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, the Guana Area Intercostal Network and All
Season Vehicles, Inc. He holds a BS in Business Administration from The
Citadel, Military College of South Carolina. Profile
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