Health Care Access & Coverage
Fireside Chat with Mark Cuban
Drug Pricing Failures in America: A Conversation with Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD
Open to Penn Affiliates
Co-hosted with HCMG2500/HCMG8500/BIOE5750: American Health Care and the Future of the American Health Care System.
Speakers
Mark Cuban
Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist, Businessman, and Co-Founder, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs
Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD (moderator)
Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor, Medical Ethics & Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine; Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor, Health Care Management, The Wharton School
David Weiner, PhD (host)
Executive Vice President and Director, Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Center; W.W. Smith Charitable Trust Distinguished Professor in Cancer Research, Genome Regulation and Cell Signaling, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Research Center; Professor Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania
Mark Cuban has been a natural businessman since age 12, when he sold garbage bags door to door. He went on to found MicroSolutions right out of college, selling it to H&R Block. From there he became an active stock trader, building a track record, starting a hedge fund and selling it a year later. In 1995, he and Todd Wagner started the first commercial streaming company, AudioNet, which became Broadcast.com. They later sold the company in 2000 for 5.7B dollars. Mark acquired the Dallas Mavericks in 2000. The Mavs competed in their first NBA Finals in 2006, won their first League title in 2011. Mark sold majority ownership in 2023, but still retains a significant stake. During his time as majority owner, the Mavs had the second best record in the NBA.