Mark Cuban on his swan song on 'Shark Tank': 'Gonna miss it'

Mark Cuban said helium volition miss being connected "Shark Tank" erstwhile his last occurrence connected the bid airs connected Friday.

"My past @ABCSharkTank is this Friday. Gonna miss it. But it was clip to determination on. Make definite to watch!" Cuban wrote successful a station connected X connected Thursday.

Cuban has been a fixture connected ABC's entrepreneurial world amusement since helium joined the bid afloat clip successful 2012. Cuban is 1 of the show's "sharks," an angel capitalist who grills founders connected their concern ideas earlier deciding to put connected them.

In November 2023, Cuban announced his departure from "Shark Tank." Cuban said the show's sixteenth season, which started airing successful October, volition beryllium his last.

Cuban told The Hollywood Reporter, successful a communicative published successful November 2023, that helium was leaving the amusement to spend much clip with his family.

"I conscionable privation to person a mates summers with my teens earlier they spell disconnected connected their own," Cuban wrote successful an email to The Hollywood Reporter. "Nothing to bash with the show. I emotion it. I emotion being connected it."

Cuban told People mag successful an interrogation past twelvemonth that the shooting docket for "Shark Tank" tended to clash with summertime vacation.

"We ever sprout successful June and September, and successful June, close erstwhile they're finishing school, I person to travel here," Cuban said.

"When they were young it was like, 'Okay, we're going to hold for Dad.' Now that they're teenagers, they aren't waiting for Dad astatine all, and successful September they've conscionable gotten backmost to school," Cuban added. "I privation to beryllium determination for that."

To beryllium sure, Cuban's departure from "Shark Tank" doesn't mean he'll beryllium retired of the spotlight. The billionaire endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris successful past year's statesmanlike election, becoming 1 of her astir vocal supporters. He's besides continued to station connected his societal media platforms, and has criticized President Donald Trump for his tariff policies.

Last month, Cuban expressed enactment for an enforcement bid Trump signed to lower cause prices. Cuban has agelong been funny successful healthcare argumentation and started his ain low-cost online pharmacy, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs Co. successful 2022.

"Gotta beryllium honest. The @realDonaldTrump EO connected healthcare and successful particular, cause pricing could prevention hundreds of billions," Cuban wrote successful a station connected X, which included six ways helium thought cause prices could beryllium regulated.

"Put maine successful coach! I'm present to help," Cuban added.

Cuban did not respond to a petition for remark from Business Insider.