history of journalism. >> to this day. >> to this day. >> ten years after launching, cnn had become the most trusted news outlet in the world. >> this is cnn. >> and ted was "time" magazine's man of the year. >> and i was only one of two people whose ever been on the cover of "time" magazine for one thing, and on the cover of "sports illustrated" for another. >> did it ever enter your mind that you would have this enormous success? >> i'm sure i must have thought about it. dreamed about it. >> becoming a billionaire? >> certainly before it happened, i knew it was going to, because momentum was there. >> the momentum was there. in 1996, ted sold his media empire for $8 billion. and became the largest shareholder of time warner, the biggest communications company in the world.