Mark Cuban is a self-made billionaire, investor on Shark Tank and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, an NBA basketball team. Boasting an impressive portfolio with a variety of business ventures across multiple industries, to date Mark has invested $19.9 million on Shark Tank. In 2020 he was ranked 177 on the Forbes 400 list and continues to expand his business empire with new investments. Mark is also the co-owner of 2929 Entertainment and has been the executive producer on movies nominated for seven Academy Awards.
A natural entrepreneur, Mark began selling garbage bags door to door from the age of 12, he also sold coins and stamps. Those early experiences would allow him to build skills that would lead to great success in the future. Mark continued his entrepreneurship during his time at the University of Indiana. He taught disco lessons and owned one of the most popular bars in town. After graduating with a BA in Management, he took a job at Mellon Bank. He then worked as a salesperson for Your Business Software which was one of the first PC software retailers in Dallas. Within a year he left the job after a dispute with the owner, this was, however, the beginning of Mark’s journey to long-term success. He founded MicroSolutions a company that championed technologies including Lotus Notes, Carbon Copy and CompuServe. Within a short period, the company was achieving $30 million in revenue and was sold to CompuServe for $6 million in 1990.
His next business venture proved to be the most lucrative. Alongside his friend Todd Wagner, Mark joined Audionet which was founded by Chris Jaeb. They turned Audionet into Broadcast.com and grew the business to 330 employees. In 1999, Mark sold the company to Yahoo for a whopping $5.7 billion! This was a historical deal that is remembered to this day. Mark swiftly bought a Gulfstream jet over the internet gaining a Guinness World Record for making the largest E-commerce transaction. His next venture was the Dallas Mavericks which he bought the majority stake for $285 million. Mark is credited for improving the team’s performance which saw them compete in the NBA Finals in 2006 for the first time in franchise history. They also became NBA World Champions in 2011 and have earned a listing on Forbes’s most valuable franchises in sports.
The best-selling author of How to Win at the Sport of Business, Mark demonstrates his adaptability and responsiveness to new technology by investing in the cryptocurrency Dogecoin. He now accepts it as payment for Dallas Maverick merchandise. Mark is known to be very generous and has spent millions of dollars through the Mark Cuban Foundation to help Iraq Veterans through the Fallen Patriot Fund. Recently, Mark launched Cost Plus Drug Company which is a company aimed at lowering generic drug prices for consumers in the US.
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