Barbara Ann Corcoran

Barbara Ann Corcoran is an American businesswoman. In 2001, she founded The Corcoran Group in New York City. The company was sold to the business to NRT for $66 millions. In the following months she left the business. Corcoran, one of ABC's first Shark investors was a featured guest of each episode of Shark Tank. In February of 2020, she had completed 53 deals. The most significant of these was a $350,000 investment for Coverplay at 40 percent. Corcoran, who was the second child of 10 from a family of Irish Catholics who worked hard, was born in Edgewater in New Jersey. [8] Her mother, Florence, was a household worker. Edwin W. Corcoran Jr. her father, was a multi-talented employee throughout Corcoran's early years. The family relied on the food provided by a friendly local grocer for free food. Corcoran claims her father was a drunken man who did her mother a disservice and sarcastic remarks. Corcoran struggled with her education and was eventually diagnosed with dyslexia. Corcoran attended the local Catholic elementary school before beginning the high school system in St. Cecilia High School in Englewood. Corcoran was fluent in several courses her freshman year. She was transferred to Leonia High School and graduated with a grade of D.