#422 – Mark Cuban: Shark Tank, DEI & Wokeism Debate, Elon Musk, Politics & Drugs

Lex Fridman Podcast

Mark Cuban is a businessman, investor, star of TV series Shark Tank, long-time principal owner of Dallas Mavericks, and founder of Cost Plus Drugs. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(11:10) – Entrepreneurship
(26:03) – Shark Tank
(36:29) – How Mark made first billion
(1:02:39) – Dallas Mavericks
(1:08:05) – DEI debate
(1:43:58) – Trump vs Biden
(1:46:20) – Immigration
(1:55:53) – Drugs and Big Pharma
(2:11:53) – AI
(2:16:05) – Advice for young people