Barbara Ann Corcoran
Barbara Ann Corcoran was born on March 10, 1949. She is an American investor, speaker and consultant. She founded The Corcoran Group, a real estate brokerage in New York City, which she sold to NRT for $66 million in 2001, and shortly thereafter , the company was sold. Corcoran is among ABC's initial Shark Tank investors. As of now, she has been in each season of Shark Tank. In February of 2020, she had closed 53 deals. The most significant of these was a purchase of $350,000 for Coverplay at 40 percent. Corcoran was second in a family of 10 kids and was raised in Edgewater. Florence Corcoran's mom, was a homemaker. Her father, Edwin W. Corcoran Jr., bounced between jobs throughout Corcoran's early years. Her family was sometimes dependent on food deliveries from an artisanal local grocery store for free food. Corcoran states that her father was drunk who did her mother a disservice and disrespect. Corcoran struggled in school, and discovered later she was dyslexic. She attended the local Catholic elementary school, and then began high school in St. Cecilia High School in Englewood. After failing several classes during her first year, Corcoran transferred to Leonia High School, where she graduated as a D student.




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