Mark Cuban is an entrepreneur and professional sports team owner. Cuban has invested in film production, and has appeared on the T.V. series, Shark Tank and Dancing with the Stars. In this paper I am going to tell you a little bit more about Cuban. I will go into detail about his net worth, childhood/ education, and his life with his family.
First, Mark Cuban’s net worth is 3.3 billion dollars as of September 2016. Cuban found the company Microsolutions, which he then sold it for around 6 million dollars, in the year of 1990. After that, he cofounded Video and Audio Broadcast.com with a college friend, Todd Wagner. In 1999, Yahoo bought the Video and Audio Broadcast.com from them for 5.7 billion dollars. He owns other ventures
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including Landmark Theaters, Magnolia Pictures, and NBA’s Dallas Mavericks. Cuban’s net worth put him on the 2016 Forbes Billionaires list at number 198 in the U.S. and number 527 worldwide. His biggest accolades are shown through his successful business endeavors. Second, Mark Cuban was born in Pittsburgh in July of 1958.
Cuban had the typical middle-class childhood. His father is Norton , his mother is Shirley and his siblings are Brian Cuban and Jeff Cuban. His father worked at a car upholstery shop. As he was a young child growing up, he attended Mount Lebanon High School in Pennsylvania. Even when he was younger, he maintained part time jobs to get his money. After his schooling, Mark enrolled into the University of Pittsburgh. After a year of being there, he transferred to Indiana University in Bloomington. In 1981, he graduated with a bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He had a flair for business even while studying at Indiana University. There he had engaged himself in different businesses such as chain letters, instructing dance, and managing a pub. After he graduated from Indiana, he moved to Texas. There he worked for a software computer company, which then later he got fired. This occurred because he closed a deal without the CEO’s knowing, and he then went on to start his own company: MicroSolutions. Cuban’s business grew to over 30 million dollars in revenue and in 1990, it was sold to a company called CompuServe for six million dollars. At age thirty-two he became a millionaire and he had decided to retire, but just for a while. After a few years passed, he cofounded a company called Audionet, which then became Broadcast.com. During the time of the dotcom era or “boom”, it had already reached up to
300 employees. In 1999, this had been acquired by Yahoo for 5.7 billion dollars. This had raised Cuban to being a billionaire at the age of 40. In the year of 2000 he then bought the Dallas Mavericks for 285 million dollars. Since, Cuban has become a very popular and well-known name. He started appearing on the T.V. series Shark Tank in 2012. Mark has also made investments in a variety of start ups, and has been on Dancing with the Stars. Mark Cuban is worth nearly 3 billion dollars. He also has some advice that he offers for people who are just graduating and starting their careers. He says “ Never stop learning, never stop grinding, and never stop loving every single minute of your life. “ Mark Cuban is married to Tiffany Stewart. Tiffany was born on January 1st, 1970. She worked as an Advertising Executive. Mark first met Tiffany at a gym, where they began dating for 3 years. Tiffany is 14 years younger than Mark. The couple, after getting married went on to have their three children. His first daughter is Alexis, who was born in 2005. Their second daughter, named Alyssa was born in 2007. Their last child, a son Jake, was born in 2010. The Cuban family tries to be as normal as possible. The two are very involved with parenting. When the couple has too much on their hands, and are very busy they do have a nanny. However, when the two aren’t busy it’s always just them as a family. It is Mark and Tiffany who put the kids in bed, it’s just them that sit together at the dinner table, and on the weekends when they are just hanging out. Mark says “We try to be as normal as possible.” So, in this research I have learned a lot about Mark Cuban’s networth, his school life, and his outside life with his family. I have learned that not all celebrities are out there just to show off what they have, but they are out there doing what they love and still trying to make their lives as normal as possible. That must be hard to do sometimes, but those are the types of people that you’ve gotta look up too. www.bankrate.com www.thefamouspeople.com www.cnbc.com www.celebfamily.com www.bustle.com
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