Mark Cuban: The Entrepreneur’s Fortune

How rich is Mark Cuban?

The father of three is one of the richest people in the world. After all, the American is a few billion euros and thus belongs to the elite group of self-made billionaires. This wealthy man is known to many average people mainly because he is one of the investors in the TV format “Shark Tank”. The German program “Die Höhle der Löwen” was also created on the basis of this series. In the meantime, Mark Cuban not only earns his money with his own ideas, but also invests in the ideas of others. The cherished Mark Cuban’s net worth is € 4.02 billion.

Mark Cuban as the owner of the Dallas Mavericks

In addition, the filthy rich American appears as a Owner of the Dallas Mavericks sports team in appearance, where the German ex-NBA superstar Dirk Nowitzki also played 21 Seasons. The fact that the entrepreneur was able to raise the change to buy the NBA team at all is thanks to his previous company sales. In 2011, Mark and his team even managed to win the NBA title. This has largely silenced the criticism against his person in sports circles. The fact that Cuban already had to pay referee criticism penalties in the amount of around 1.7 million euros should not interest this man. He simply pays these sums out of his postage.

Mark himself does not come from a rich background. Rather, he comes from a simple working class family with Jewish roots. The first company that Mark Cuban founded after completing his studies at a US college made him a millionaire. From 1983 to 1990 the entrepreneur built his MicroSolutions to sell after seven years. After all, he is said to have received 5.35 million euros from CompuServe.

Rich and wealthy thanks to technical expertise

Not only did Mark Cuban monetize his keen sense for technology. His love for basketball has also had a positive impact on his career and wallet. After Cuban sold MicroSolutions, he moved to Dallas. There he began to broadcast various games and sports events live on the network. This led to the Broadcast.com founded. With that, Mark Cuban had achieved an even bigger hit.

In 1999 this company was bought by none other than Yahoo. After all, this acquisition cost the Internet giant around 5.2 billion euros. The appearances in film and television provide a little variety in the extremely successful life of the entrepreneur. He was already seen in the film “All In – Pokerface” in 2006, where the American played himself. He joined the cast of “Shark Tank” in 2012. In 2014, the wealthy family man also worked on the production “Nowitzki. The perfect throw ”involved.

During some personal interviews, Cuban spoke about the career of the German NBA player Dirk Nowitzki. Mark has also appeared as a guest on the TV series “Entourage” and “Billions” in the past. This man does not even shrink from making political statements. For example, Mark has already been thinking out loud about entering the race for the presidency of his homeland in 2020. There was even a poll in 2017 that Mark Cuban saw before Donald Trump. Despite his insane fortune, Cuban ranks “only” in the top 500 wealthiest people on earth, according to Forbes magazine. The Forbes list saw him in May 2019 at number 478. But with a few billion euros you live in luxury and don’t have to worry about money.

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