Ted Turner

 Turner was perhaps the first celebrity $1 billion giver. While building his cable television empire the outspoken mogul famously criticized other billionaires for not giving money away while they were young and still had energy and ideas. In 1998 he announced a $1 billion pledge to United Nations-related causes; to date, he has given $841 million of that sum. The philanthropist pioneer owns 2.1 million acres of land across 12 states and also 100,000 acres in South America. Ted has been married and divorced three times, his last marriage was with actress Jane Fonda.

Turner Ranches

With approximately two million acres of personal and ranch land, Ted Turner is the second largest individual landholder in North America. Turner lands are innovatively managed to unite economic viability with ecological sustainability. Turner ranches operate as working businesses, relying on bison and hunting/fishing/nature tourism as principal enterprises. In addition, Turner ranches support many progressive environmental projects including water resource and timber management, and the reintroduction of native species to the land.
Turner Enterprises also manages over 51,000 bison across the various Turner ranches.