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Encyclopedia > Don Carter (Businessman)
Don Carter in trademark cowboy hat at a Dallas Mavericks game, April 4, 2006.
Don Carter in trademark cowboy hat at a Dallas Mavericks game, April 4, 2006.

Don Carter is an investor and businessman, perhaps most known as the founder of the Dallas Mavericks NBA franchise. The Dallas Mavericks (also known as the Mavs) are an NBA basketball team based in Dallas, Texas. ... The National Basketball Association of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the NBA, is the premier professional basketball league in North America. ...


Carter was born into a poor family in Arkansas in 1933. However, by 1957, his mother, Mary Crowley made a fortune in a direct marketing interior decoration business, known as Home Interiors & Gifts. The business was sold to Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst and is estimated to have netted Carter $470 million. Official language(s) English Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Area  Ranked 29th  - Total 53,179 sq mi (137,002 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 261 miles (420 km)  - % water 2. ... The son of a Texas radio station owner, Thomas Hicks became interested in leveraged buyouts as a member of First National Banks venture capital group. ...


Carter, along with Norman Sonju, founded an NBA expansion team, the Dallas Mavericks, in 1980. His $12 million investment in the team eventually earned him $125 million when he sold the team in 1996 to an investment group led by H. Ross Perot, Jr.. The Dallas Mavericks (also known as the Mavs) are an NBA basketball team based in Dallas, Texas. ... H. Ross Perot Jr. ...


Over the years, Carter has owned many different types of businesses, including a Rolls-Royce dealership. Other businesses include banks, trucking firms, hotels, rodeo arenas, and cattle ranches. Rolls-Royce car may refer to vehicles produced by: Rolls-Royce Limited (1906-1973) Rolls-Royce Motors (1973-2003) Rolls-Royce Motor Cars (2003-present) // Rolls-Royce cars Rolls-Royce Limited vehicles 1904-1906 10 hp 1905-1905 15 hp 1905-1908 20 hp 1905-1906 30 hp 1905-1906...


Always seen wearing a cowboy hat, Carter looks the part of a Texas billionaire.


Carter currently resides in Denton, Texas Motto: Just North of Ordinary Location within the state of Texas County Denton County Government  - Mayor Perry McNeill Area  - City 161. ...


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