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How billionaire tech investor Mark Cuban became the 'luckiest guy in the world'

Madeline StoneJun 2, 2015, 02:21 IST

Mark Cuban became a billionaire in 1999 when he sold his company, Broadcast.com, to Yahoo for $6 billion.

His net worth is now estimated at $3 billion, and he has numerous mansions, private planes, and sports cars to his name.

He also owns the Dallas Mavericks, who brought the NBA championship home in 2011.

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"I'm the luckiest guy in the world," Cuban said at Business Insider's IGNITION conference. "I only have to do what I want to do. I only have to do what I like to do."