Mark Cuban didn’t instantly feel better after he sold his company for billions. The long-time entrepreneur and investor, as well as “Shark Tank” star, found himself sitting in middle of an aircraft while going to Las VegasTo celebrate his win.

Cuban stated that when I had sold my company to Southwest for billions, I took a Southwest flight. This was in celebration of the occasion. “I was sitting in the centre seat looking the wrong way, thinking that this plane is amazing.

Cuban and Broadcast.com’s co-founders sold the company to Yahoo in 1999. $5.7 billion in stock. Cuban refused to let the idea go over his head and instead stated that simple concepts kept him grounded.

Cuban stated that “live like a student” was the best advice he received. This was my best advice for a long time.

This meant that he continued to lead a low-key life, which “took away much” of the risk and uncertainty in Cuban’s financial life. In an email to CNBC Make It, Cuban confirmed that he “didn’t change much after selling my first company” — keeping the same car, house and even furniture.

Cuban was known for his extravagant spending on one item of luxury, and it meant that he didn’t get to sit in the middle seat as long. In 1999, however, Cuban became a celebrity. went online to buy a private jet for $40 million. He still owns the record for largest-ever e-commerce transaction with a Gulfstream V Business Jet. Guinness Book of World Records.

Cuban said that purchasing a private aircraft was his “all-time goal” told Money in 2017. 2017.

Cuban, for example, has not only celebrated financial milestones with minimal spending. According to comments he made at OZY Fest in New York City in 2017, he celebrated first becoming a billionaire — in 1998, when Broadcast.com went public — by dancing in the nude.

He was at the computer constantly refreshing Broadcast.com’s stock prices. He said, “Obviously, I knew precisely what it was to be a billionaire.” ″[The price]”Gets up on the top, then I did my naked billionaire dance.”

Cuban, with an estimated net worth of $4.5billion, is today the world’s 247th wealthiest country. Forbes.

Disclosure: CNBC holds the exclusive rights off-network to Shark Tank.

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