‘Trump is the Grinch’: who is the billionaire who opposes Musk and supports Kamala

With other big businessmen, he signed a manifesto in favor of Kamala. In early September, Cuban and other leaders of major public technology, media and finance companies signed a three-page letter stating that they believe Kamala is the strongest candidate for the American economy and the future of democracy.

Cuban’s movement is opposite to Musk’s. Tesla’s CEO has already spent more than US$75 million (R$432.5 million) to support Trump’s campaign and mobilize voters in Pennsylvania, according to a report by The New York Times.

Cuban: from 60 dollars in your pocket to empire

Mark Cuban grew up in a Jewish family that originally bore the surname Chabenisky. His grandfather, of Russian origin, decided to switch to Cuban when he left Europe and went to live in the United States.

“I had nothing, so I also had nothing to lose.” Cuban never tires of saying that he only had US$60 in his pocket when he entered Indiana University (USA), at age 23, and went to live in a three-bedroom apartment with five other people. Shortly after, he got a job selling software and claims that he “taught himself programming, spending seven or eight hours a day doing it without resting.”

Cuban made a fortune that was recorded in Guinness World Records. His first company was MicroSolutions, a venture he sold in 1990. In 1995, alongside Todd Wagner, he founded Broadcast., a company that stood out for being one of the pioneers in audio and video streaming on the internet. In 1999, Yahoo! acquired Broadcast.com for about $5.7 billion in stock, one of the biggest deals on the internet. This sale not only made Cuban a multimillionaire, but also solidified his reputation as a visionary in technology.