Mark Cuban

Updated: 11/16/2019 by Computer Hope
Mark Cuban

Name: Mark Cuban

Born: July 31, 1958, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Computer-related contributions

  • American businessman, entrepreneur, and investor.
  • Owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, Landmark Theatres, and Magnolia Pictures.
  • Co-founder of Broadcast.com (sold to Yahoo! for $5.7 billion in Yahoo! stock in 1999).
  • Holds the Guinness Book of World Records for the "largest single e-commerce transaction," for paying $40 million for a Gulfstream V jet in October 1999.
  • Co-founder of AXS TV, the first high-definition satellite television network.

Significant publications

  • How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It (2013).
  • Tales from the Dallas Mavericks Locker Room: A Collection of the Greatest Mavs Stories Ever Told (2011).

Honors and awards

  • D Magazine CEO of the Year (2011).
  • NBA Championship, as owner of the Dallas Mavericks (2011).
  • Kelley School of Business Alumni Award - Distinguished Entrepreneur 1998).

Quotes

"Recessions are the best time to start a company. Companies fail. Others hold back capital. If you are willing to do the preparation and work, it is the best time to invest in yourself and start a business."

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