Barbara Ann Corcoran

 Barbara Ann Corcoran, born on March 10, 1949, is an American businesswoman and investor. She is also a public speaker, consultant, columnist syndicated to a speaker writer, author and television personality. The Corcoran Group was a New York City real estate brokerage that she founded. NRT purchased it for $66million in 2001. Corcoran eventually left the company. Corcoran was one of ABC's initial Shark investors has been part of each episode of Shark Tank. Since February of 2020, she's signed 53 deals with the show, with the biggest one being $350,000 to purchase 40% of Coverplay. Corcoran was second in the family of 10 children and was raised in Edgewater. Florence Corcoran's mother was an excellent household worker. Edwin W. Corcoran Jr. Her father was constantly changing jobs throughout Corcoran's career. Her family often relied on free delivery of food from a nearby supermarket. Corcoran recalls her father as someone who drank occasionally and did not treat her mother with respect. Corcoran was a struggle throughout her education and later discovered that she had dyslexia. Corcoran was educated in a Catholic elementary school and then enrolled in high school in Englewood at St. Cecilia High School. Corcoran was absent from several classes in her first year and transferred to Leonia High School where she was an A student.