After 14 years, Mark Cuban has formally closed his last deal on Shark Tank.
On Friday’s episode of the ABC actuality sequence, the billionaire mirrored on the companies he’s invested in and the entrepreneurs he’s mentored since becoming a member of the present as a visitor throughout Season 2 again in 2011.
“I bear in mind actually pondering, ‘This present is just not gonna final. Simply go on there, simply tear it up, elevate hell, trigger bother,’” he stated on the finish of the episode. “I actually didn’t anticipate there to be a 3rd season, after which, increase. It simply blew up.”
Cuban added, “I feel I simply introduced slightly little bit of an edge, the place I attempted to make it not a lot about a tutorial funding present, however extra a present that’s about folks attempting to succeed in their objectives, attempting to have their desires come true. I’ve been of their footwear. I’ve been broke, I’ve been sleeping on the ground. I can put myself within the footwear of just about anyone who’s standing on the carpet.”
After a number of of the entrepreneurs he’s funded returned to indicate their appreciation, Cuban thanked “everyone who took an opportunity on me, all of the entrepreneurs who stated sure to me.”
“Who is aware of what number of millionaires we’ve created, and their workers, how many individuals we’ve impressed? I’m pleased with what we’ve accomplished,” he added.
Cuban’s fellow Sharks additionally paid tribute to him earlier than his departure, to which he responded, “You guys are superb. I imply, I’ve discovered a lot from all of you. We’ve had such an affect. And to Shark Tank, to the individuals who supported us, to the individuals who love us, I like you guys like household. Thanks.”
“This present modified me,” added Cuban. “I feel I modified the present. And I feel all of us collectively as Sharks modified America.”
