Barbara Ann Corcoran

 Barbara Ann Corcoran is an American businesswoman. She was the founder of 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 was among the original Shark Tank investors. She has appeared on every season of ABC's Shark Tank. In February 2020 Corcoran had signed 53 deals, with the most significant being a $350,000 investment which covered 40% of Coverplay. Corcoran was born in Edgewater (New Jersey) as the second of ten children in a Catholic Irish working class family. Florence Corcoran's mom, was a housewife. Edwin W. Corcoran Jr. Her father was constantly changing jobs throughout Corcoran's entire life. The family relied sometimes on the free delivery of food from a nearby supermarket. Corcoran recalls her father as someone who would drink often and treated her mother with disrespect. Corcoran struggled at school, and was later told that she had dyslexia. Corcoran attended a Catholic primary school within her area and began high school at St. Cecilia High School, Englewood. Corcoran completed her studies at Leonia High School with a degree in English after failing several courses during her first year.