Shark Tank Cast 2026: Every Season 18 Shark

Last updated July 8, 2026. This is a living page, refreshed as ABC confirms more details.

The Shark Tank cast looks different in 2026 than it has at any point in the last fifteen years. Mark Cuban, the show's most active investor, wrapped up his run after Season 16 and is not on the Season 18 panel. In his place ABC has widened the desk, keeping six returning sharks, promoting two former guests to permanent seats, and lining up a run of high-profile guest investors led by MrBeast and Mindy Kaling.

Here is who is sitting in the Tank for Season 18, which airs on ABC in the fall of 2026. For each of the returning sharks we have pulled their real deal record from our own index of the first sixteen seasons, so you can see the money behind the reputation, not just the personality.

The Six Returning Sharks

Lori Greiner is the volume leader of the group. Across the first sixteen seasons in our index she has closed 226 deals and committed $48.5M of her own money, which averages out to about $215K per deal. She built that record on retail products, the kind she can push through QVC and big-box shelves, and it is the reason product founders fight for her offer over anyone else's.

Kevin O'Leary, the original Mr. Wonderful, sits at 133 deals worth $32.0M in our index, roughly $241K a deal. He is the shark most associated with royalties and venture debt, structures that let him earn money back even when a company never sells. Robert Herjavec has a similar deal count, 134, but a higher total at $37.6M, which works out to about $280K per deal, the largest average of any returning shark. His checks tend to be bigger and fewer.

Barbara Corcoran and Daymond John round out the veterans. Corcoran has done 137 deals in our index but invested the least of the group at $20.4M, close to $149K a deal, a pattern that fits her habit of writing smaller checks and betting on the founder more than the spreadsheet. Daymond John sits at 121 deals worth $21.6M, about $178K each, and remains the panel's branding and licensing specialist thanks to the $6 billion FUBU brand he built from $40 of fabric.

The sixth returning shark is Daniel Lubetzky, founder of KIND Snacks, who moved from recurring guest to a full-time seat. Because he joined more recently, his record is thinner than the originals: he appears in 23 deals in our index, all from his guest appearances. Season 18 is the first year his name carries the weight of a permanent shark rather than a visitor.

Two New Permanent Sharks

The biggest structural change is the promotion of two former guests to permanent status. Kendra Scott, who built her namesake jewelry company into a national brand, earns a full-time seat after a strong guest run. In Season 17 she led all guest sharks with 5 deals and $970K invested, so the promotion is a reward for results rather than a name-in-lights move.

Rashaun Williams is the other addition, and he brings a pure venture-capital resume to a desk that has mostly been built from operators. He started at Goldman Sachs in 2001 after graduating summa cum laude from Morehouse College, later becoming a general partner in the MVP All-Star Fund. He has reported more than 170 investments with over 50 exits, including early positions in Coinbase, Robinhood, Dropbox, and Lyft. He first appeared as a Shark Tank guest in 2024 and is now a series regular.

The 2026 Guest Sharks

On top of the permanent panel, ABC has stacked Season 18 with guest sharks. The headliner is MrBeast, the YouTube creator Jimmy Donaldson, who appears alongside Beast Industries chief executive Jeffrey Housenbold. Mindy Kaling, J.J. Watt, sisters Erin and Sara Foster of the brand Favorite Daughter, and Steven Bartlett, host of The Diary of a CEO, are also confirmed for guest chairs.

As of July 2026, ABC has not published the episode-by-episode chair assignments, so which guest sits in on which pitch is still unknown. What is clear is that the 2026 cast is the deepest bench the show has fielded, a mix of the veterans who defined it, two data-driven newcomers, and a guest roster built to pull in a younger audience.

This page is a living record of the Season 18 cast. As ABC confirms more of the lineup and the guest schedule, we update it here. The deal figures for the returning sharks reflect their record across the first sixteen seasons as counted in our index and will move as new deals are added.