Barbara Ann Corcoran

Barbara Ann Corcoran, born March 10, 1949, is an American businesswoman and investor. She is also a lecturer and consultant, a speaker, columnist syndicated as an author, author, and television presenter. The Corcoran Group is a New York City-based real estate brokerage. In 2001, it was sold to NRT at $66 million. Corcoran quit the firm shortly after. One of the original "Shark" investors, Corcoran has appeared in every season of ABC's Shark Tank until today. She has participated in 53 deals since February of 2020. The biggest was a $350,000 investment that will provide 40% of Coverplay. Corcoran was the second child of 10 from a Catholic family with a low-income, was born in Edgewater in New Jersey. Florence Corcoran was Florence's mother and was a homemaker. Edwin W. Corcoran Jr. her father, was a skilled worker throughout Corcoran's early years. Sometimes, the family relied on the delivery of food that was free from a local grocer. Corcoran remembers her father as a man who often was a drinker and treated her mother with disrespect and condescension, particularly when he was drinking. Corcoran struggled at school and later found out that she had dyslexia. Corcoran entered the high school system in St. Cecilia High School Englewood, after she left her Catholic elementary school. Corcoran was proficient in a variety of courses her first year. She transferred to Leonia High School and graduated with a grade of D.