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Billionaire businessman and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, said he is leaving ABC’s hit show”Shark Tank.”
Cuban made the announcement of his plans on the weekly Showtime podcast “All the Smoke,” saying season 16 of “Shark Tank” will be his last. The show is in its 15th season with “sharks” Cuban, Barbara Corcoran, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John and Kevin O’Leary.
Cuban said “Next year, our 16th year, is gonna be my last year, so I got one more year to go,”
ABC has not confirmed the pending departure.
Cuban, has been one of the main “sharks” since the show’s third season after appearing as a guest investor back in season 2. “When someone walks in ‘Shark Tank,’ you can tell if they are trying too hard,” Cuban said. “I have this rule: The longer the back story, the worse the deal.
