Mark Cuban is an American entrepreneur and investor, best known as the owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks. Born on July 31, 1958, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he made his fortune through various ventures, including the sale of Broadcast.com to Yahoo! for $5.7 billion in 1999. Cuban is also a prominent media personality and a 'shark' on the reality TV show Shark Tank, where he invests in startups.