Who is Mark Cuban?
Mark Cuban is an American businessman and investor˳ Presently, he is the owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks˳ Additionally, he also co-owns 2929 Entertainment˳
He is also one of the main investors in the ABC reality television series, ‘Shark Tank’˳
Mark Cuban’s Early Life, Childhood, and Education
Cuban was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 31, 1958, to parents Norton Cuban and Shirley˳
Throughout most of his childhood years, he grew up in the suburb of Mount Lebanon˳ Business was a big part of his early life growing up˳
He is of American nationality˳ Furthermore, he belongs to a mixed ethnic background of Russian, Romanian, and Ashkenazi Jewish˳ He has two brothers, Brian and Jeff Cuban˳
Talking about his education, Cuban attended the University of Pittsburgh˳ Later, he transferred to Indiana University in Bloomington˳
Furthermore, he graduated from the Kelley School of Business in 1981˳ He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Management˳
Mark Cuban’s Career, Salary, and Net Worth
Cuban initially moved to Dallas where he worked as a bartender˳ Later, he also worked as a salesperson for ‘Your Business Software˳
He started his own company, ‘MicroSolutions’ and one of the company’s largest clients was Perot Systems˳ Eventually, he sold his company to CompuServe in 1990 for $ 6 million˳
In addition, he and fellow Indiana University alumnus Todd Wagner started Broadcast˳com which was initially Audionet˳ It was acquired by Yahoo! for $5˳7 billion in 1999˳
Furthermore, Cuban is an owner of IceRocket˳ In addition, he has invested in companies including Weblogs, Inc, RedSwoosh, Brondell Inc, Sharesleuth˳com, Mascot Books, and Motionloft among others˳
He owns the film distributor Magnolia Pictures˳ Additionally, he also purchased a majority stake in the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks for $285 million˳
He also founded the Fallen Patriot Fund to help families of the U˳S˳ military in 2003˳ In addition, he launched a social media app called Cyber Dust in 2014˳ He has over 50 credits as a producer and more than 20 credits as an actor˳
He has appeared in shows like ‘The 5th Quarter’, ‘Billions’, ‘Game Over, Man!’, ‘The Clapper’, ‘Nightcap’, ‘Vice World of Sports, and ‘Bad Teacher among others˳
Cuban received the Kelley School of Business Alumni Award in 1998˳ Additionally, he also won the Tribute Award in 2006 which he shared with Todd Wagner˳
As of 2022, Cuban is the second richest Shark to appear on the show, trailing only Sir Richard Branson˳
Cuban has not revealed his current salary˳ However, he has a net worth of around $3 Billion at present according to Forbes Magazine˳
Mark Cuban’s Rumors and Controversy
Cuban has been part of several controversies in his career˳ He became part of the controversy in 2008 after the U˳S˳ Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil suit against him˳
Furthermore, he has been fined by the NBA several times over the years˳
In addition, he also became part of another controversy after a March 6, 2018 article in ‘Willamette Week’ suggested that Cuban sexually assaulted a woman during a photoshoot˳ At present, there are no rumors concerning him˳
Mark Cuban’s Body Measurements
Talking about his body measurement, Cuban has a height of 6 feet 2½ inches (1˳89 m)˳
Additionally, he weighs around 195 lbs or 88 kg˳ Furthermore, his hair color is black and his eye color is blue˳
Social Media Profile
Cuban is active on social media˳ He has a huge number of followers on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter as well as Instagram˳
He has more than 8˳4M followers on Twitter˳ In addition, he has more than 1˳7M followers on Instagram˳ Similarly, his Facebook page has more than 1˳6M followers˳
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References: (ethnic lens, blog maverick, Forbes, CNBC)
