Barbara Ann Corcoran

 Barbara Ann Corcoran, born March 10, 1949 is an American businesswoman and investor. She is also a lecturer, consultant, columnist syndicated, speaker as an author, author, and television show host. The Corcoran Group was a New York City real estate brokerage that she founded. NRT purchased it for $66million in 2001. Corcoran later left the business. Corcoran is one of ABC’s initial Shark Tank investors. As of now she has appeared on every seasons of Shark Tank. Corcoran had signed 53 contracts in February of 2020. The biggest deal she signed was her $350,000 investment in Coverplay with a 40% stake. Corcoran was the second of 10 children born to an Irish-Catholic couple working in the middle class living in Edgewater, New Jersey. Florence was her mother. She was a homemaker. Edwin W. Corcoran Jr. was her father. He was constantly moving from one job to the next throughout Corcoran's early years. Her family sometimes relied on the free food delivery from a local grocery store. Corcoran claims her father was a drunken man who treated her mother with disrespectful and sarcastic remarks. Corcoran was struggling in school, and she discovered later she was dyslexic. Corcoran started high school in St. Cecilia High School Englewood following her departure from her Catholic elementary school. Corcoran completed her studies at Leonia High School with a degree in English after failing several courses during her freshman years.