DALLAS Mavericks are an American professional basketball team that won the NBA title in 2011.
Here’s everything you need to know about the franchise and its ownership history.
Who owns the Dallas Mavericks basketball team?
The Dallas Mavericks are a professional basketball team currently owned by American-Israeli physician and philanthropist Miriam Adelson.
The Mavericks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference.
The team plays its home game at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
Since its debut season in 1980, the team has won five division titles, two conference championships and one NBA championship. championship.
In February 2020, the Mavericks sold out their NBA-record 815th consecutive game, falling in love back to December 15, 2001.
It is currently the longest streak in all of North American major league sports.
The Mavericks were previously owned by American billionaire Mark Cuban before he sold his majority stake to Miriam and family.
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Mark is a businessman and famous television personality who made his fortune as the owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks and one of the stars of ABC’s Shark Tank.
His portfolio included a wide range of businesses, including the founding of MicroSolutions and Broadcast.com, both of which were eventually sold for a significant profit.
In 2000, Cuban purchased the Mavericks for $285 million.
Before purchasing the Mavericks, Cuban founded Broadcast.com with Todd Wagner in 1995.
In 1999, he sold the audio streaming startup to Yahoo for a whopping $5.7 billion.
Cuban now has stakes in dozens of startups and other companies.
He is believed to have a net worth of $6.2 billion.
The billionaire is known for his active collaboration with the Mavericks and won the 2011 NBA championship as owner.
Cuban is also known for his work on Shark Tank, a reality show where he serves as one of six judges who decide whether to help U.S. startups.
He first appeared on the hit show in Season 2 in 2011, before becoming a regular Shark. next year.
Outside of business, Cuban has been involved in philanthropy, political commentary, and involvement in reality television.
Miriam Adelson
Miriam Farbstein Adelson is a doctor born on October 10, 1945, in Tel Aviv, Israel.
While growing up, Miriam earned her bachelor’s degree in microbiology and genetics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
She later received her medical degree from Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Medical School.
In 1986, Miriam went to work as a physicist specializing in drug addiction at Rockefeller University.
She married Sheldon Adelson – CEO of the large casino company Las Vegas Sands.
While continuing to dedicate her studies to research, Miriam opened the Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Research Clinic in Las Vegas.
According to ForbesMiriam Adelson and her family have a net worth of US$32.3 billion.
She inherited the business from her late husband when he passed away in 2021.
Due to her ownership of Las Vegas Sands, Miriam is ranked as the fifth richest woman in the world.
In February 2022, the casino company sold its Las Vegas Strip assets for $6.25 billion.
Why did Mark Cuban sell the Dallas Mavericks?
Mark said he sees the future owned by the NBA, where the advantages will be in the real estate sector.
The famous billionaire made the decision to sell his Dallas Mavericks team to the Adelson and Dumont families, who have strong ties to the hotel and casino industry in the United States.
Adelson is the widow of Sheldon Adelson – founder, president and CEO of the casino and resort company Las Vegas Sands Corporation.
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