Barbara Ann Corcoran

 Barbara Ann Corcoran was born on the 10th of March 1949. She is an American investor as well as a speaker and consultant. The Corcoran Group, an NY-based real estate broker was started by Corcoran. NRT bought it in 2001 for $66 million. Corcoran then exited the company. Corcoran was a participant in 12 of ABC's Shark Tank seasons. In February of 2020 Corcoran was involved in 53 deals, the largest being a $350,000 deal that included 40 percent of Coverplay. Corcoran is the second of 10 children from a working-class Irish-Catholic family, was born in Edgewater in New Jersey. Florence Corcoran's mother was an errand-taker. Edwin W. Corcoran Jr. her father, was a multi-talented worker throughout the years of Corcoran's childhood. Her family often relied on free food deliveries from the local grocer. Corcoran says her father was a drunken man who did her mother a disservice and sarcastic remarks. Corcoran struggled through her schooling and was later diagnosed with dyslexia. Corcoran was a student at the local Catholic elementary school and started high school at St. Cecilia High School in Englewood. Corcoran graduated from Leonia High School with a degree in English after having failed several classes during her first year of high school.