Billionaire Mark Cuban said he has “no plans” to run for the White House in 2024 amid renewed speculation that he might be preparing to launch a campaign.
“No plans to run,” Cuban wrote in an email to NBC News on Wednesday, when asked whether he has changed his mind about a potential bid.
In July, Cuban told NBC News that if he ran for president, “my family would disown me.”
The rumors about a potential third-party presidential bid come after Cuban announced he would leave ABC’s long-running “Shark Tank” show, on which he has served as a judge for the past 15 seasons.
There have also been reports that Cuban plans to sell his stake in the Dallas Mavericks, which he purchased in 2000.
Cuban has toyed with the possibility of running for president in the past.
In 2017, he was asked at a conference whether he would run for president, and he said it was something he was “seriously considering,” adding, “Maybe I run as an independent.”
In May 2020, he said that while he was unlikely to mount a White House bid, he had not “closed the door” on the idea.
“It was closed, but we have such crazy times and I’ve been getting so many requests that I at least want to keep the door open, but it’s still highly unlikely,” Cuban said at the time. “There would have to be something more than the pandemic.”
The Hill has reached out to Cuban for comment.
