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Mark Cuban ... just another internet created billionaire that now thinks he is talented enough to run the world.

I consider Cuban to be the luckiest of the internet created billionaires.

He was a salesperson for a software company. He wanted a way to listen to Indiana basketball sports shows when he traveled so he and a friend got together and came up with some way to do podcasts. Cuban got fired from his job.
After the firing, they started some business. This was during the dotcom boom. The company sold to yahoo right before the dotcom bust. yahoo bought the company for far more than most could imagine for somewhat lame technology. It was in the billions. It was like Cuban winning the lottery. Because of that, he became a billionaire and we now get to listen to him as if he’s the smartest person in the room. Truth is that he was one lucky salesperson.

Cuban’s wealth hasn’t really grown since that time. I am not even sure if it has kept pace with the market. His income now seems to come from reality TV. Either way, he likes attention and he’s all-knowing now because he’s a billionaire.