After 14 years as super shark, Mark Cuban swims away from ABC's "Shark Tank" with a final episode May 16. Why the maverick says he's leaving.

Cuban's decision to step away from "Shark Tank" goes back to 2023, when he said he was bowing out to spend more time with his family.

I first met Mark Cuban on a red carpet for a movie premiere I was covering as a young entertainment host. At the time, Mark was already a recognizable figure — not just for selling Broadcast.com to Yahoo during the dot-com boom,