Mark Cuban 01 — 08
$5.7 billion sale
to Yahoo.
One NBA Championship.
Two thousand prescriptions
at cost.
Portrait 02 — 08
Meet
Mark
Cuban
Founder, Investor & Operator
Cost Plus Drugs
Co‑Founder
Indiana University
B.S.
Business Administration
Kelley School
03 — 08
A few highlights
The Road
B.S.
Sold Garbage Bags
→
Salesman
Fired
↓
Founder
Sold for $6M
←
Co‑Founder
Sold for $5.7B
↓
Owner
2000 — 2023
→
Shark
Since 2011
↓
Founder
Holding Co.
←
Co‑Founder
Launched 2022
04 — 08
The
Big Win
Broadcast.com
to  YAHOO
USD · Acquisition
$0M
Million‑Dollar Exit
4
Years to Build the Company
300
Employees at Exit
05 — 08
At Your Business Software, He was fired for closing
a sale instead of cleaning.
He started MicroSolutions.
06 — 08
Career
Recent Wins
Dallas Mavericks
2000——2023 · NBA
—
Bought for $285M · Sold for ~$3.5B
—
2011 NBA World Champions
—
23 years as principal owner
Cost + Plus Drugs
Public‑Benefit Corp · 2022
—
Co‑founded 2022 · Public‑benefit corp
—
Disrupts pharmacy middlemen
› 2,300+ generic prescriptions
› Transparent 15% markup, no PBMs
—
22,000 sq ft sterile facility in Dallas
Mark Cuban
07 — 08
Age 12
Sold garbage bags
door‑to‑door for sneakers.
Meanwhile
Tended bar in Dallas
with $60 in the bank.
Right Now
Calling hospitals
to ask cash prices.
By nature
Direct
Relentless
Curious
08 — 08
Ready for what's next
Mark Cuban
mark@costplusdrugs.com
214.555.6363
linkedin.com/in/markcuban
Builder & Operator