Mark Cuban

Mark Cuban is an American businessman and entrepreneur who built a career across technology, media, sports and television. Born in Pittsburgh and raised in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, he earned a degree from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business in Bloomington before co-founding MicroSolutions and helping build Broadcast.com, which Yahoo! acquired in 1999. He co-owns 2929 Entertainment, owns the film distributor Magnolia Pictures, and financed the Brian De Palma film Redacted through Magnolia. 2929 released Steven Soderbergh's Bubble in 2006. In 2000 he bought a majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks, and the team won the 2011 NBA championship with him as owner. He was one of the investors on the ABC reality show Shark Tank from 2012 to 2025, and during his tenure the show won multiple Primetime Emmy Awards. He was named to the Time 100 Most Influential People list in 2024.