According to Forbes, Mark Cuban is an American billionaire entrepreneur, television personality, and media proprietor with an estimated net worth of $4.8 billion, ranking No. 177 on the 2020 Forbes 400 list.
Mark worked with Your Business Products (YBS) in 1983, one of the earliest retailers of software solutions.
After closing a $15,000 deal with a client, he was late to work. His employer terminated him for failing to open the store on time.
Thankfully, he had developed an interest in technology and learned a great deal while working with YBS.
Beginning with this client, he amassed a respectable customer base while providing integrated software solutions through his new company, MicroSolutions.
What company did Mark Cuban sell 5.7 billion?
Following his dismissal from Your Business Solutions, Mark Cuban established MicroSolutions.
He expanded the company’s annual revenue to $30 million before selling it to Compuserve for $6.
Mark subsequently invested in Audionet, which evolved into Broadcast.com, and sold it to Yahoo for $5.7 billion in Yahoo equity.