Portrait of Mark Cuban

Rank #690

Mark Cuban

Net worth $6.0B

Online media, Dallas Mavericks · United States

Born
Jul 31, 1958
Age
67
Source
Online media, Dallas Mavericks
Residence
Dallas, Texas
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
3
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Indiana University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Mark Cuban founded video portal Broadcast.com with fellow Indiana University alum Todd Wagner in 1995 and sold it to Yahoo for $5.7 billion in 1999.
  • Today he owns a minority stake in the NBA's Dallas Mavericks and is cofounder of Cost Plus Drugs, which he launched in January 2022 with the aim of lowering prescription drug prices.
  • Cuban sold 58% of the Dallas Mavericks in December 2023 for an estimated $2 billion (pre-tax).
  • He sold stamps door-to-door as a kid and gave disco lessons to help pay his way through Indiana University.
  • Cuban was inspired to strike out on his own when he was fired from a software shop for closing a $15,000 sale instead of cleaning up the store.
  • Cuban started Broadcast.com with Wagner so they could watch Hoosier basketball while living in Dallas.
  • Cuban has appeared as a judge on the popular ABC show "Shark Tank" for 13 of the show's 15 seasons and invested more than $22 million during that time.

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