In the s, Cuban founded and sold several start-ups that helped him reach billionaire status. But, according to Cuban, "the best investment I ever made was investing in myself, first and foremost," he told Men's Health in an interview published Sept. While Cuban certainly has a strong track record of self-driven financial success, he was often broke in his early 20s. He slept on the floor of an apartment that he shared with six others, frequently came home to his lights turned off and had his credit cards cut.
You don't have any money. You [have] complete uncertainty about your career," he told Men's Health. But "what I learned early on is that if I put in the effort, I can learn almost anything. It took Cuban a "long time," he said, "but by putting in the effort, I taught myself technology.
The Mavericks, however, were far from a dream franchise. Plagued by poor personnel decisions and mediocre players and coaches, the club experienced more than a decade of non-playoff basketball games. Cuban used his new role as the owner to immediately change that. With his trademark enthusiasm and doggedness, he revamped the culture of the team and its roster, erecting a new stadium and pampering his players. Cuban showed himself to be the club's biggest booster.
Choosing to sit with the fans, Cuban egged on opponents and derided refs, and the Mavericks responded positively to the new owner's zeal. The team qualified for the playoffs in , set a franchise record for wins 57 the following year and made it to the NBA Finals before losing to the Miami Heat. Cuban also brought a touch of innovation to his ownership of the team. He was the first owner to launch his own blog, a swirling mix of his own tech insights and thoughts on NBA basketball.
The blog became wildly popular, receiving thousands of emails a day from his readers. Online and off, Cuban is an unfiltered force of opinion, a bombastic personality among the rather stodgy inner circle of NBA ownership. It's reality television, people love train-wreck television, and you hate to admit it, but that is the truth, that's the reality today. In another instance, he attacked the league's former director of officiating, Ed Rush, saying that he "might have been a great ref, but I wouldn't hire him to manage a Dairy Queen.
In , Cuban caught the attention of the Security and Exchange Commission SEC , which charged him with insider trading in regards to an Internet search engine website. Cuban claimed he was innocent, and in July the case was dismissed.
However, it was reinstated the following year, and in March , Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater let the case go to trial once again. The trial began on October 1, , but Cuban was officially cleared of all charges of insider trading by a Texas jury later that month. Cuban again courted controversy in May , when he made some comments that were widely perceived as racist. On the subject of bigotry, he stated, "If I see a Black kid in a hoodie on my side of the street, I'll move to the other side of the street.
Cuban faced additional problems around that time, as a Sports Illustrated report of sexual harassment and other forms of misconduct within the Mavericks' front office had prompted the team to open an internal investigation.
In March, an NBA spokesperson said the league was reviewing an alleged incident of sexual assault involving Cuban from , which ended with prosecutors declining to press charges at the time. In , he began his long run as one of the investors on the popular series Shark Tank. Cuban also brought his business acumen to the world of film and television production by purchasing the Landmark Theatres chain and Magnolia Pictures in He's listed as an executive producer for such acclaimed movies as Goodnight and Good Luck and Akeelah and the Bee and further augmented his own celebrity with appearances in the popular TV series Entourage and The League.
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