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Mark Cuban

1958 - Today

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Mark Cuban (born July 31, 1958) is an American businessman and television personality. He is the former principal owner and current minority owner of the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), co-owner of 2929 Entertainment, and one of the main "sharks" on the ABC reality television series Shark Tank.Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Cuban's entrepreneurial actions manifested early with ventures ranging from selling garbage bags to running newspapers during a strike. He graduated from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and embarked on a diverse business career that included founding MicroSolutions and Broadcast.com, both of which he sold at substantial profits. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mark Cuban has received more than 23,902,191 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Mark Cuban is the 468th most popular businessperson (up from 473rd in 2019), the 5,938th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,590th in 2019) and the 145th most popular American Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 24M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Page views of Mark Cubans by language

Over the past year Mark Cuban has had the most page views in the with 2,646,064 views, followed by German (69,612), and Spanish (59,274). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (173.90%), Simple English (99.37%), and Hungarian (40.84%)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Mark Cuban ranks 468 out of 847Before him are Eugène Lanti, Kim Dotcom, Carl Icahn, Lawrence Roberts, Pierre Omidyar, and Gigi Becali. After him are Anders Frisk, Jamie Hyneman, Shahid Khan, Bob Lazar, Marcus Goldman, and S. Robson Walton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Mark Cuban ranks 205Before him are Peter H. Gilmore, Thomas Hearns, Volodymyr Bezsonov, Kornelia Ender, Gigi Becali, and Paolo Macchiarini. After him are David Sylvian, Deon Meyer, Giovanni Lavaggi, Michael López-Alegría, Miki Biasion, and Elisabetta Dami.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mark Cuban ranks 5,938 out of 20,380Before him are John du Pont (1938), Shawn Michaels (1965), James Joseph Dresnok (1941), Edward Douglass White (1845), Jonelle Allen (1944), and David Keith (1954). After him are Jerry Sloan (1942), Simon Bolivar Buckner (1823), Harold Brown (1927), Emma Roberts (1991), Lola Albright (1924), and Jeanne Eagels (1890).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Mark Cuban ranks 145Before him are Robert Durst (1943), Michael Eisner (1942), Chad Hurley (1977), Brendan Eich (1961), Carl Icahn (1936), and Lawrence Roberts (1937). After him are Jamie Hyneman (1956), Bob Lazar (1959), S. Robson Walton (1944), Dana White (1969), Laurene Powell Jobs (1963), and Helen Walton (1919).