![]() ![]() At age 16, Cuban took advantage of a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette strike by running newspapers from Cleveland to Pittsburgh. A few years later, he earned money by selling stamps and coins. He sold garbage bags to pay for a pair of expensive tennis shoes. Ĭuban first ventured into business at age 12. His maternal grandparents were Romanian Jewish immigrants, according to Mark's brother Brian, though Mark has claimed their maternal grandmother was Lithuanian. His paternal grandfather changed the surname from "Chabenisky" to "Cuban" after his family emigrated from Russia through Ellis Island. Cuban described his mother, Shirley (née Feldman ), as someone with "a different job or different career goal every other week." Ĭuban is Jewish, and grew up in Mount Lebanon, a suburb of Pittsburgh, in a Jewish working-class family. His father, Norton Cuban, was an automobile upholsterer. Early life and education Ĭuban was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is also one of the main "sharks" on the ABC reality television series Shark Tank. He is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks and the co-owner of 2929 Entertainment. ![]() According to Forbes, Cuban's net worth is an estimated US$4.8 billion, and he was ranked #177 on the Forbes 400 list in 2020. Mark Cuban (born July 31, 1958) is an American businessman, film producer, investor, philanthropist, television personality, and writer.
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