Mark Cuban
Dallas, Texas
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Indiana University
United States
Dallas Mavericks
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online media, Self Made
$4,100,000,000
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#478 Billionaires 2019
#190 Forbes 400 2018
Mark Cuban cofounded video portal Broadcast.com with fellow Indiana University alum Todd Wagner in 1995.Today he owns the NBA's Dallas Mavericks and has stakes in Landmark Theaters, Magnolia Pictures and AXS TV.He grew up middle class near Pittsburgh, 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.His Fallen Patriot Fund has given more than $5 million to help families of U.S. military personnel killed or seriously injured in combat.
Cuban started Broadcast.com with Wagner so they could watch Hoosier basketball while living in Dallas.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.
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