Anecdotes

Offered Donald Trump $10 million for a four hour interview. The terms for the interview were that they would only discuss Trump's policy proposals and that no one else besides a broadcast technicians would be present.

After he sold his first company he tried acting without much success and even auditioned for a role in the film Twister in 1996 but lost out to Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Sold garbage bags door to door when he was 12 years old to earn money to buy an expensive pair of basketball shoes.

After dropping out of high school, he took the GED year early and was accepted to the University of Pittsburg and dropped out after a year and transferred to Indiana University because it was the least expensive of the top ten business schools.

Was a season ticket holder to the Dallas Mavericks before purchasing the club.

Sold his stamp collection to help pay for college.

While studying at Indiana University in 1980-81, Cuban owned and operated a well-known bar called Motley's Pub. It was a huge dance place and as was common in that era often held wet T-shirt contests to drum up customers. Mark was famous among employees for trying to come up with unusual drinks to bring in people, particularly females, so there were lots of concoctions of ice cream or cookies mixed with booze.

After he sold Broadcast.com, to Yahoo! he used the profits to buy a $40 million private jet over the internet. According to the Guinness Book of Records it was the largest single transaction to be made over the internet.

Has paid almost $2 million in fines to the NBA for various offenses.

In 2008, he bid $1.3 billion to buy the Chicago Cubs.

In 2010, he attempted to buy the Texas Rangers for $600 million.

Stands at Mavericks games until his team makes a basket.

In 2011, he purchased a 288 foot yacht with a basketball court located at the stern.

He and Broadcast.com partner Todd Wagner are large stockholders in Lions Gate Entertainment which produces and distributes motion picture and television programming.

Bought the Dallas Mavericks basketball team on January 14, 2000.

In college, he was paid to teach dance lessons.

Was one of many celebrities to have a cameo in a rap video "Save Dat Money" by hip hop recording artist Lil Dicky.

Net worth: $3.5 billion.

Has been listed on the Forbes 400 Richest Americans list since 2000 with an estimated net worth of 1.3 to 1.9 billion dollars.

Co-founded Broadcast.com, the leading provider of multimedia and streaming on the Internet, in 1995, selling it to Yahoo! in July of 1999 for more than $5 billion.

Supported Hilary Clinton during her 2016 Presidential campaign.

Has donated money to Democrats and Republicans.

Before Broadcast.com, Cuban founded MicroSolutions, a leading National Systems Integrator, in 1983, and later sold it to CompuServe.

Attempted to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey club in the late 1990s.

Met his wife at the gym in 1997.

In 2012, he attempted to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers for an undisclosed amount.

Is neighbors with George W. Bush, Ross Perot, and Mary Kay cosmetics founder Mary Kay Ash, among others.

In the beginning part of his business career, he worked seven years straight without a vacation.

Founder of digital network HDNet.

Unsuccessfully tried to buy three major league baseball teams.

Chairman and co-owner of Landmark Theaters along with Todd Wagner.

As a publicity stunt, worked at a Dallas area Dairy Queen for a day. His "pay" was donated to charity.

He is of Russian Jewish, Ukrainian Jewish, Lithuanian Jewish, and Romanian Jewish descent. His family surname had originally been Chabinsky or Chabenisky.

Is a member of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity.

Chairman and co-owner of Magnolia Pictures along with Todd Wagner. Magnolia has distributed Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004), Control Room (2004), and others.

His $11.5 million mansion in Dallas Texas is 24,000 square feet and has 13 bathrooms, and ten bedrooms.

Chairman and majority owner of Rysher Entertainment along with Todd Wagner.

In the Team Penske pits for Helio Castroneves during the IndyCar 300. Cuban and Castroneves previously were both featured on Dancing with the Stars (2005). (juillet 2008)