Autobiography of media entrepreneur and CNN founder Ted Turner. This book details his upbringing, sailing passion, and how he built a $10 billion fortune revolutionizing the cable industry. Ted describes his personal struggles, strategies, tactics, battles, and the deals that led to his success.

How one visionary and financial engineer built the modern cable TV industry from the ground up. Learn the strategies, deals, and bold moves John Malone used to build a media empire.

Hollywood Reporter founder Billy Wilkerson faced massive gambling debts. To minimize his gambling losses he decided to become the house and created the Flamingo hotel and casino in Las Vegas. The untold story of Billy's vision, early Las Vegas, and his epic battle with Bugsy Siegel over the project told by his son.

Billy Wilkerson shaped Hollywood, built Las Vegas, and embraced the underworld. In this biography, his son reveals how a failed movie career fueled the creation of The Hollywood Reporter and how his gambling transformed a desert outpost into the glittering Flamingo Hotel.

Biography of Ted Turner, media entrepreneur and founder of CNN and TBS. The book covers the first half of his life, with a detailed focus on 1979–1980. During those years, the author had near-total access to Turner, offering a behind-the-scenes view as he transformed TBS into a national superstation, battled federal regulators, launched CNN, and braved the deadly Fastnet yacht race.