GREEN RANKING FOR 2009
Ranking: 35=
Worth: £1.2bn
Green investment: Wildlife conservation

Ted Turner is best known as the man who built the news channel CNN. In 2006, Turner gave up his broadcasting interests to concentrate on his charity and environmental work. Through Turner Enterprises, he owns 15 ranches in Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma and South Dakota. His 1.9m acres make Turner the largest individual landowner in North America. His mission is to manage land in an economically sustainable and ecologically sensitive manner, while conserving native species. Among these are 50,000 bison. Turner has also invested several million dollars in DT Solar, a small solar energy company that has since been taken over by a bigger operation. After giving away £1 billion in recent years, Turner’s remaining fortune is worth around £1.2 billion.