It’s the end of an era for Shark Tank: on Friday, Mark Cuban’s final episode airs, and the long-standing celebrity investor will finally bid the hit show adieu.

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,

Mark Cuban is saying goodbye to "Shark Tank" ahead of his final episode on the ABC reality show. He has been a full-time shark on the business series since 2012 after joining as a guest investor in 2011.