# Mark Cuban

> Mark Cuban is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and media personality who turned a $6 million software company sale into a dot-com-era $5.7 billion windfall, bought the Dallas Mavericks for $285 million and won an NBA championship, became a household name on Shark Tank, and now wages a one-man war on America's pharmaceutical industrial complex through his Cost Plus Drugs company.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company
- **Organizations:** Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, Mark Cuban Companies, Magnolia Pictures, AXS TV, Mark Cuban Foundation, Indiana University (major donor)
- **From:** Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Management, Indiana University Bloomington, Kelley School of Business
- **Known for:** Sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo! for $5.7 billion in 1999 - one of the largest dot-com era acquisitions, Won NBA Championship with Dallas Mavericks in 2011, Founded Cost Plus Drugs to disrupt the U.S. pharmaceutical pricing system

## Career timeline

- **1970** — Age 12: Sold garbage bags door-to-door to buy basketball shoes
- **1974** — Age 16: Sold newspapers during Pittsburgh Post-Gazette strike
- **1981** — Graduated Indiana University; moved to Dallas
- **1982** — Co-founded MicroSolutions, a systems integration company
- **1990** — Sold MicroSolutions to CompuServe for $6 million
- **1995** — Co-founded AudioNet (later Broadcast.com) with Todd Wagner
- **1998** — Broadcast.com IPO; stock rose 250% on first day
- **1999** — Yahoo! acquired Broadcast.com for $5.7 billion; became billionaire
- **1999** — Purchased Gulfstream V jet online for $40M - Guinness World Record for largest e-commerce transaction
- **2000** — Purchased Dallas Mavericks for $285 million
- **2003** — Founded 2929 Entertainment; purchased Landmark Theatres
- **2006** — Dallas Mavericks reached NBA Finals
- **2011** — Dallas Mavericks won NBA Championship; joined Shark Tank Season 2
- **2013** — Acquitted of SEC insider trading charges
- **2015** — Donated $5M to Indiana University for Cuban Center for Sports Media and Technology
- **2021** — Purchased entire town of Mustang, Texas (77 acres)
- **2022** — Founded Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company
- **2023** — Sold 73% controlling interest in Mavericks to Miriam Adelson for ~$3.5 billion
- **2024** — Co-founded Business Leaders for Harris PAC; named to Time 100 Most Influential People
- **2025** — Exited Shark Tank after Season 16; Cost Plus Drugs expanded partnerships
- **2026** — Publicly expressed regret about Mavericks sale to Adelson family

## Achievements

- Sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo! for $5.7 billion in 1999 - one of the largest dot-com era acquisitions
- Won NBA Championship with Dallas Mavericks in 2011
- Founded Cost Plus Drugs to disrupt the U.S. pharmaceutical pricing system
- Made 85+ investments on Shark Tank totaling ~$19.9 million
- Set Guinness World Record for largest single e-commerce transaction ($40M Gulfstream jet purchase)
- Turned Dallas Mavericks from 40% win rate to 69% win rate
- Named to Time 100 Most Influential People (2024)
- Built portfolio of 200+ companies across tech, healthcare, media, and consumer goods
- Donated $11M+ to Indiana University
- Pioneered simultaneous theatrical/DVD/cable distribution model through 2929 Entertainment

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Publicly expressed regret about selling the Dallas Mavericks to the Adelson family
- **2025-06** — Cost Plus Drugs announced expanded partnerships with TrumpRx and Humana
- **2025-04** — Warned about AI eliminating jobs and cautioned against AI hype
- **2025-02** — Invested in Clipbook, an AI PR startup, after receiving a cold email pitch
- **2025-01** — Published first blog post in years at blogmaverick.com on healthcare economics
- **2024-11** — Exited Shark Tank after Season 16, his final season on the show
- **2024-09** — Named to Time 100 Most Influential People list
- **2024-08** — Co-founded Business Leaders for Harris PAC supporting Kamala Harris

## Links

- Website: https://blogmaverick.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markcuban/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/mcuban
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mcuban/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/markcuban

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Last updated: 2026-04-28