2. Biography
• Born in Pittsburgh, PA on July 31 1958
• Owner of the Dallas Mavericks, a NBA
basketball team and owner of HDNet,
which is a HDTV cable network
• Left high school early to enroll at
Pittsburgh University then later
transferred to Indiana University
3. Early Years
• Founded MicroSolutions which deals with
system software and integrators; founded
technologies such as carbon copy, lotus
notes and CompuServe
• Then founded Broadcast.com which dealt
with college sports and web casting which
became part of yahoo sports after Cuban
sold it for $5.9 Billion in yahoo stock
4. Billionaire Entrepreneur
• Forbes listed him as the 296th richest
man
• Holds single largest eCommerce
transaction with his $40 million jet
• Has ventures in the social software and
distributed networking industries
5. Dallas Mavericks
• Took over ownership of the Mavericks on
January 15 2000 for $285 million
• Drastically improved their winning
percentage over his time of being owner
• Different than most owners who sit in the
box, Cuban sits right next to the team and is
very active during games.
6. HDNet
• This is the first high definition television
satellite network
• Co-founder with Phillip Garvin
• Continues to bring multiple shows, movies,
political events, documentaries and sporting
events in HD all over the globe
• Only broadcasts in HD and is available on
both cable and satellite TV’s
7. 2929 Entertainment
• Co-founder with Todd Wagner
• Provides vertically integrated the production
and the distribution of films and other videos
• In 2004 purchased Landmark Theaters which
has 58 arthouse movie theaters
• Has produced one movie, Bubble which came
out in 2006
• Also responsible for recreating the CBS show
Starsearch
8. Other interests of Cuban
• Has had interest in buying other sports
teams. Those include the Pittsburgh
Penguins of the NHL and either the
Pittsburgh Pirates or the Chicago Cubs of the
MLB
• Cuban was also rumored to own a new
football team in a new professional football
league in Las Vegas
9. Continued
• Those the UFL’s games will be
broadcast on Cuban’s HDNet and he
will possibly own a new expansion
team in either 2010 or 2011
• Talks with the McMahon’s (a wrestling
family) to create a mixed martial arts
to compete with the UFC
10. Recap
• Cuban’s interest go far beyond being a sports
owner. He is the founder of a HDTV service
and has produced many online sports
database companies that were later sold to
bigger search engines
• Cuban also has broadened his basketball
ownership to try and own sports in hockey,
baseball and even fighting leagues
11. Works Cited
• Chad, Norman. "Cuban won't be quiet much longer." LexisNexis(TM). 23 Apr. 2007. Web. 8
Oct. 2009. <http://web.lexis-
nexis.com/scholastic/document?_m=16b9c52a8bc003336551cbb53e28a289&_docnum=89
&wchp=dGLzVlz-zSkVk&_md5=d47c07a24cd2f690a39dd2f390ba882c>.
• "Cuban wins bid to toss out SEC claim." LexisNexis(TM). 18 July 2009. Web. 8 Oct. 2009.
<http://web.lexis-
nexis.com/scholastic/document?_m=689ce5830011499a229c58fdccd2ed04&_docnum=38
&wchp=dGLzVlz-zSkVk&_md5=989fd75a2fe3b9daa546df50b90a3845>.
• "Mark Cuban -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wikipedia, 4 Oct. 2009. Web. 08 Oct.
2009. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Cuban>.
• Mark Cuban. Digital image. Ceoworld magazine. 19 July 2009. Web. 8 Oct. 2009.
<http://ceoworld.biz/ceo/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/mark-cuban-owner-of-the-dallas-
mavericks.jpg>.
• Stross, Randall. "Cuban missing the Big Picture?" LexisNexis(TM). 18 Dec. 2005. Web. 8
Oct. 2009. <http://web.lexis-
nexis.com/scholastic/document?_m=e9eaccba14c8b2a96556bc6cfab70e48&_docnum=116
&wchp=dGLzVlz-zSkVk&_md5=e7c997320d48a9f5b2ec67cd908fb5bf>.
