>> while his family lived in south carolina, ted worked tirelessly at his company's head quarters in atlanta. to expand his billboard business, he soon acquired several radio stations and then, a small local tv station. wattle a risky decision? >> yeah. because i didn't have any background. i put everything i had into the one television station in atlanta. >> i don't have enough speed. >> in his free time, he put everything he had into sailing. the sport he loved since childhood. >> that was my sport. i concentrated on it. i worked really hard at becoming a champion in sailing. >> and the holy grail of championship sailing was the america's cup. >> it took him from 1958 to 1977 to do it. but he had a heavy focus and didn't let anybody get in the