Shark Tank star Mark Cuban has revealed the lucrative business he would start if he could go back in time to when he was a teenager.
During an interview with CNBC does itThe 66-year-old businessman shared his thoughts on the skills he believes everyone needs to do well at any job, including being “curious” and “agile.”
Speaking specifically about artificial intelligence, Cuban, who recently responded to Donald Trump, said he has no idea what direction AI is going, but he will surely “pay attention to it.”
Revealing what he would do differently when he was younger if he could, the TV star explained: “So, if I were a 16-year-old kid and I needed to start a side business to make some money, there are a couple of things I would do. would do.
‘First, I would be fully involved in big language models like ChatGTP and Gemini and Meta and the like, and I would learn how to give prompts and I would go to my friends and teach them how to give prompts.
Shark Tank star Mark Cuban has revealed the lucrative business he would start if he could go back in time to when he was 16 years old.
The 66-year-old has been on the TV series Shark Tank for a decade, but will be leaving next year.
‘And then I would refer to companies, because companies, especially small and medium-sized ones, still don’t understand AI. And it doesn’t matter if I’m 16 years old, I’d be teaching them too,” Cuban added.
The father of three, who has a net worth of $5.7 billion, according to a Forbes estimate, is the former principal owner and current minority owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, and also co-owner of 2929 Entertainment.
Cuban is also one of the main ‘sharks’ on ABC’s Shark Tank reality series, but has confirmed that he will be leaving the show after season 16.
During an appearance on the All The Smoke podcast in November 2023, he revealed that he only had “one more year” left with the show, saying, “This is our fifteenth year, and next year, our sixteenth year, is going to be “. It will be my last year.
Cuban then talked about why he had stayed on Shark Tank for a decade, stating that he especially liked the concept of the show.
“I love it because it sends the message that the American dream is alive and well,” he explained.
Most recently, Cuban appeared on The Club Shay Shay podcast and discussed his relationship with his wife Tiffany Stewart, whom he married in 2002.
He revealed some of the strange tests he put his wife through before they married because he had been a multimillionaire for about three years at the time and he wanted to see if Stewart was down to earth and dating him for the right reasons.
The TV star, pictured here in April 2024, is said to have a net worth of $5.7 billion, according to an estimate by Forbes.
Businessman Mark photographed with his wife of 22 years, Tiffany Stewart, in 2010.
‘I made her go to the White Castle. That was the test before we got married!’ he told host Shannon Sharpe.
“I was like, ‘Let’s go to White Castle, and if you really love me, you’ll have a White Castle burger!’ She did it.
White Castle is an American fast food chain best known for inventing the slider, which is a small, flatter burger.
Early in the interview, Cuban made a shocking confession when Sharpe asked him how he knew if Stewart “really loved him.”
“You got married after having had some job…an important job,” Sharpe said.
‘How could you say that? “She loves me for being Mark.” Or do you ever really know? asked.
Cuban responded: ‘Of course you know. She’ll let you hit her with the Dutch oven! While the couple burst out laughing at the unpleasant revelation.
A ‘Dutch oven’ is a slang term that refers to passing gas in bed and then covering someone’s head with the covers to trap them.