| Before he was a sports fanatic, Mark Cuban was | | | | MBA after completing his bachelor's degree. |
| "just another billionaire". Born July 31, 1958, in | | | | After completing college, in 1982, Cuban founded a |
| Pittsburgh, his first attempt in the business world was | | | | system integrator company in Dallas called |
| a salesman of garbage bags and powdered milk in his | | | | MicroSolutions, which was a reseller for several |
| neighborhood. He paid his way through college by | | | | computer service companies, like Novell, Apple, and |
| writing chain letters and offering disco dancing | | | | Sun Microsystems. The company also adopted |
| lessons, attending Indiana University because the cost | | | | technology like Lotus Notes and CompuServe ahead |
| was so much lower than other business schools in | | | | of the mainstream. In July of 1990, Cuban sold his |
| the nation. | | | | company to CompuServe for $6 million. |
| Even in college, Cuban made a name for himself as a | | | | This was only the beginning for Mark Cuban as he |
| controversial figure, already gaining a reputation for | | | | started a legendary life and later to become owner |
| being very outspoken. He was known as a | | | | of the Dallas Mavericks. Even in the basketball realm, |
| ruler-breaker, taking advanced courses his freshman | | | | Cuban is known for being controversial. |
| year, and his advisor talked him out of getting his | | | | |