| The Sharks | |
| Robert Herjavec Kevin O'Leary Barbara Corcoran Daymond John Mark Cuban (Season 2-present) Lori Greiner (Season 3-present) Kevin Harrington (Season 1-2) Jeff Foxworthy (Season 2) John Paul DeJoria (Season 5) Steve Tisch (Season 5) Nick Woodman (Season 6) Troy Carter (Season 7) Ashton Kutcher (Season 7) Chris Sacca (Season 7-8) Sara Blakely (Season 9) Richard Branson (Season 9) Rohan Oza (Season 9-11) Bethenny Frankel (Season 9) Alex Rodriguez (Season 9-12) Charles Barkley (Season 9) Jamie Siminoff (Season 10) Katrina Lake (Season 11) Daniel Lubetzky (Season 11-present) Maria Sharapova (Season 11) Anne Wojcicki (Season 11) Matt Higgins (Season 11) Blake Mycoskie (Season 12) Kendra Scott (Season 12) Emma Grede (Season 13) Peter Jones (Season 13) Nirav Tolia (Season 13) Kevin Hart (Season 13) Gwyneth Paltrow (Season 14) Tony Xu (Season 14) | |
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| Packagers | |
| Mark Burnett Productions One Three Media United Artist Media Group Sony Pictures Television | |
Shark Tank based on a British show called Dragon's Den, features a panel of "Potential Investors" called "Sharks", who consider offers from "Aspiring Entrepreneurs" seeking investments for their business or product.
Premise[]
The series gives budding entrepreneurs a chance to make their dreams come true and become successful (and possibly wealthy) business people. But the entrepreneurs must first try to convince five tough, multi-millionaire tycoons to part with their own hard-earned cash and give them the funding they need to jumpstart their ideas.
Shark Tank: Swimming with Sharks[]
A one-hour special called Shark Tank: Swimming with Shark Premiered on May 2, 2014 on ABC featuring a behind-the-scenes look of the show as it reveals what happens after the deals are made as the entrepreneurs plunge into the uncharted waters of the shark-eats-shark business world.
Beyond the Tank[]
A follow-up series called Beyond the Tank premiered on May 1, 2015 on ABC, which revisits entrepreneurs whose business were groundbreaking in terms of their technology, business model or branding who have taken their business to new heights with the help of the sharks, entrepreneurs and the Shark investors who gambled on their business and lost, businesses that multiple sharks have fought hard against each other to secure and even those entrepreneurs who did not get deals from the Sharks, but continued on in pursuit of their dreams.
International Versions[]
- An Australian version series of the same name airs on Network Ten since 2015.
- The original British version (called Dragon's Den) airs on BBC Two and BBC HD since 2005.