Barbara Ann Corcoran

 Barbara Ann Corcoran, born March 10, 1949 is an American businesswoman and investor. She is also a lecturer and consultant, a columnist syndicated to a speaker as an author, author, and television presenter. The Corcoran Group was a New York City real estate brokerage that she started. NRT purchased it for $66 million in 2001. Corcoran soon exited the company. Corcoran is among ABC's first Shark Tank investors. As of now she has appeared on each season of Shark Tank. In February of 2020 Corcoran had signed 53 deals, the biggest being a $350,000 deal that included 40% of Coverplay. Corcoran was the second child 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 household worker. Edwin W. Corcoran Jr., her father, was constantly switching jobs throughout Corcoran’s life. Her family sometimes relied on free delivery of food from a friendly local supermarket. Corcoran says her father was drunk who did her mother a disservice and disrespect. Corcoran was a struggle in school, and was later told that she was dyslexic. Corcoran went to the local Catholic elementary school, and then began the high school system in St. Cecilia High School in Englewood. Corcoran was proficient in a variety of courses during her freshman year. She transferred to Leonia High School and graduated with a grade of D.