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Influencer Column :Mark Cuban

Mark Cuban is also known American businessman, author, television personality, investor and philanthropist. Mark Cuban is said that remarkable ability to sell even as a child. This innate talent helped him establish diverse businesses and succeed for every enterprise that he took up. Though he began his career in a modest manner, he went on to establish businesses in diverse fields including  software, investing in social startup companies, film distribution and owning the NBA basketball team ‘Dallas Mavericks.’ Most of his businesses were initiated at a time when the world was witnessing the internet boom, which he used to his advantage.

Mark Cuban is popular for his talkative personality or voicing out unrestricted opinion for both on and off camera. This has got him into trouble a number of times. Mark Cuban is an ardent fan of Russian-American novelist Ayn Rand. Mark Cuban has mentioned that reading the book ‘The Fountainhead’ allowed him to think as an individual, take risks to achieve success and take responsibility for failures. This self-made billionaire is constantly on the lookout for new trend and technology that can help improve his business ventures.

Childhood & Early Life

Mark Cuban was born in 1958 July 31, in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA, to Norton Cuban and Shirley. His father worked at a car upholstery shop. As a child, he attended ‘Mount Lebanon High School’ at Pennsylvania. Even at a young age, he managed to earn money by doing part time jobs. After his schooling, Mark Cuban enrolled at the ‘University of Pittsburg.’ Nevertheless, after year transferred to ‘Indiana University’ in Bloomington. Since 1981, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.

Major Works

Mark Cuban is the self-made billionaire. He has made investments in diverse businesses ranging from technology-based startups to movie distribution. On September 28, Cuban rushed to the rescue of West, who was found begging near a highway in Dallas. Cuban picked him up in his Tesla and booked him into a hotel room. He also offered to pay for his rehabilitation. West played for the Dallas Mavericks in 2011 to 12.

He grew up poor and started using drugs by the time he was a teenager. In 2008, at age 25, West was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Since 2009, West was found carrying three guns while riding his motorcycle and pleaded guilty to weapons charges. He continued to lurch from one ignominy to another, getting beaten up on the street or walking around barefoot and in a bathrobe.
 

Career

Mark Cuban had a flair for business from a young age. Even while studying at the ‘Indiana University,’ he had engaged himself in a variety of businesses like managing a pub, chain letters, etc. Since 1982, after graduation, he moved to Texas and began working as a bartender. He later went on to work as a salesperson for a personal computer software retailer chain named ‘Your Business Software’ in Dallas. Mark Cuban was fired from work within a year. After selling his company to ‘Yahoo,’ Mark Cuban invested his wealth in diverse businesses. Since 2000, he purchased the NBA team ‘Dallas Mavericks.’ At this moment, the team was suffering from poor management decisions, but when Mark Cuban became the owner, he took initiatives to boost the morale of his players.

The team went on to perform well and in 2006 made it to the finals of the NBA. Subsequently, the team won the NBA title in 2011. In November 2003, Mark Cuban introduced ‘High Definition Television’ to the market; he was the co-founder of AXS TV, the primary HD satellite TV network. Mark Cuban’s other projects include ‘Bailoutsleuth.com,’ a website to oversee the US government’s bailout on financial institutions. Mark Cuban is also known to have funded the analytics company Motion Loft. Cuban also invested in the e-sports betting platform ‘Unikrn’ in June 2015.