# Inside The Secretive World Of Shark Tank Deals: Who The Real Winners Are

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/inside-the-secretive-world-of-shark-tank-deals-who-the-real-winners-are/
- Published: 2023-01-11T09:45:51-06:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Illustration by Forbes; Image by GK Hart / Vikki Hart / Getty Images. Article by Jemima McEvoy. With additional reporting by Richard J Chang and Conor Murray. Forbes – January 10, 2023. Which judges close the most deals, which ones change the terms off the air, and the surprising response from some entrepreneurs who don’t win over a shark. As Vladislav Smolyanskyy made his way out of the tank, he started to panic. It was 2016 during the filming of Shark Tank’s eighth season and the then-21-year-old had just agreed to a deal that would give away majority control of his company, Pinblock, to celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary. […] Click here to view original web page at www.forbes.com Curated by John Wysocki See Full Bio