Mark Cuban

Mark Cuban is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is the former principal owner and current minority owner of the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and co-owner of 2929 Entertainment. From 2012 to 2025, he was also one of the main "sharks" on the ABC reality television series Shark Tank.

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Mark Cuban is an American entrepreneur, film producer, voice actor, and blogger. Born in Pittsburgh in 1958, he holds United States citizenship and resides in Dallas. He is an owner of the Dallas Mavericks and Magnolia Pictures. Cuban was educated at Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University, and the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. He speaks Hebrew and American English and identifies with Judaism.

His net worth is listed as 3,000,000,000. He maintains a weblog titled "blog maverick" and has 8,891,912 social media followers. As an author, he has 18 works, including *How Any Kid Can Start a Business*, *Prep Expert Digital SAT Playbook*, *Enron*, *Alcohol Addiction Recovery*, and *Gambling Addiction Cure*.

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Works: 18

Top works

How Any Kid Can Start a Business
Prep Expert Digital SAT Playbook
Enron
Alcohol Addiction Recovery
Gambling Addiction Cure

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Born: ( 1958-07-31 ) July 31, 1958 (age 67) , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education: Indiana University Bloomington ( BS )
Occupations: Businessman investor television presenter
Known for: Ownership of the Dallas Mavericks , Investor on Shark Tank
Title: Minority owner of the Dallas Mavericks Founder of AXS TV & HDNet Co-founder of 2929 Entertainment Co-founder of Cost Plus Drugs Owner of Mustang, Texas Co-owner of Brondell
Political party: Independent
Spouse: Tiffany Stewart ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. September 2002</span>"}]]}'>2002 )
Relatives: Brian Cuban (brother)
Awards: 2011 NBA champion (as owner)
Website: markcubancompanies .com

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Official website

blog maverick | the mark cuban weblog

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Instance of: human
Given name: Mark
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Pittsburgh
Occupation: television producer
Educated at: Indiana University Kelley School of Business
Languages spoken: American English
Religion: Judaism
Official website: blogmaverick.com
Image: Mark Cuban by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Residence: Dallas

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Commons category: Mark Cuban
date of birth: 1958-07-31
Commons gallery: Mark Cuban
net worth: 3000000000
owner of: Magnolia Pictures
social media followers: 8891912

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Encyclopedic overview

Mark Cuban (born July 31, 1958) is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is the former principal owner and current minority owner of the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and co-owner of 2929 Entertainment. From 2012 to 2025, he was also one of the main "sharks" on the ABC reality television series Shark Tank.

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Cuban was involved in ventures from a young age, from selling garbage bags to running newspapers during a strike. He graduated from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University Bloomington and embarked on a diverse business career that included founding MicroSolutions and Broadcast.com, both of which he sold at substantial profits and the latter being sold to Yahoo! Inc., making Cuban a billionaire. In 2002, the service was discontinued.

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