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Who is Mark Cuban?
Mark Cuban is a multimillionaire entrepreneur, television personality, and media mogul. Mark Cuban was ranked 177th on the Forbes 400 list for 2020. Cuban is the co-owner of 2929 Entertainment and the owner of the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Early Life and Childhood
Mark Cuban was born on July 31, 1958, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. He is a 63-year-old man.
His Cuban father worked as an auto upholsterer. He grew up in a Jewish working-class family in Mount Lebanon, a Pittsburgh suburb. Brian and Jeff Cuban are Cuban’s two brothers.
After his family emigrated from Russia via Ellis Island, his paternal grandfather changed the family name from Chabenisky to Cuban. His Jewish maternal grandparents immigrated from Romania.
Education Details
Mark Cuban enrolled as a full-time student at the University of Pittsburgh. He became a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity.
After a year at the University of Pittsburgh, Cuban transferred to Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in management from the Kelley School of Business in 1981.
He ran several businesses while in college, including a bar, disco lessons, and a chain letter. Cuban returned to Pittsburgh after college to work for Mellon Bank. He became engrossed in the study of machines and networking.
Professional Career
Cuban is a co-founder of Fireside, an upcoming audio-first platform.
It allows creators to “broadcast, record, and monetize conversations” while also providing useful analytics, and it will most likely compete with Clubhouse, the popular invite-only conversation app.
Cuban has been a “shark” investor on the ABC reality show Shark Tank since season two in 2011.
In May 2015, he had invested $19.9 million in 85 deals across 111 Shark Tank episodes. The actual figures vary because the investment occurs after the handshake deal on live television.
Ten Thirty-One Productions, Rugged Maniac Obstacle Race, and BeatBox Beverages are Cuban’s top three investments, all of which are worth at least $1 million.
Shark Tank’s ratings have increased since he joined the show in 2011, and the show has won three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Structured Reality Program during his tenure.
After Sir Richard Branson, Cuban is the richest Shark to have appeared on the show as of 2022.
On January 4, 2000, Cuban paid H. Ross Perot Jr. $285 million for a majority stake in the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks.
In the ten years that followed, the team won 69 percent of its regular-season games and made the playoffs in all but one of those seasons.
Cuban made a $5 million donation to Indiana University at Bloomington for the “Mark Center for Sports Media and Technology” in June 2015.
The Center was built inside Assembly Hall, the school’s basketball arena.
He has invested in the cryptocurrency Dogecoin and has accepted it as payment for Dallas Mavericks merchandise and tickets since at least early 2021.
Net Worth and Salary
Mark Cuban has a net worth of $4.3 billion and is ranked No. 177 on the 2020 Forbes 400 list.
Relationship Status
Mark Cuban is married to Tiffany Stewart, his wife. The couple married in a private ceremony in Barbados in September 2002.
They have two daughters, Alexis Sofia and Alyssa, born in 2003 and 2006, respectively, as well as a son, Jake, born in 2010.
Cuban and his family live in a 24,000-square-foot (2,200 m2) mansion in Dallas’ Preston Hollow neighborhood.
Body Measurements
He is a man of average stature, standing at 6 ft 2 in (Approx. 1.89 m).
Social Media
His Twitter handle is @mcuban.
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Trivia
- Cuban is the co-owner of 2929 Entertainment and the owner of the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
- His family lives in a 24,000-square-foot (2,200-square-meter) mansion in Dallas’ Preston Hollow neighborhood.
- He is ranked No. 177 on the 2020 Forbes 400 list.
- He stands at 6 ft 2 in (Approx. 1.89 m).
- Mark is married to Tiffany Stewart, his wife.
