Barbara Ann Corcoran

 Barbara Ann Corcoran was born on the 10th of March 1949. She is an American investor and speaker as well as consultant. The Corcoran Group, an NYC real estate brokerage, was founded by Corcoran. NRT bought it in 2001 for $66 million. Corcoran then left the company. Corcoran has participated in 12 episodes of ABC's Shark Tank seasons. Corcoran had signed 53 contracts in February, 2020. The biggest deal she signed was her investment of $350,000 into Coverplay for 40%. Corcoran is the second child of 10 from a family of Irish Catholics who worked hard was born in Edgewater in New Jersey. [8] Her mother, Florence, was a homemaker. Edwin W. Corcoran Jr. her father was a multi-talented worker throughout the years of Corcoran's childhood. Her family frequently relied on free food deliveries from a local grocery store. Corcoran is still able to remember her father as someone who would drink often and treated her mother with disrespect. Corcoran struggled at school and was later told that she was dyslexic. She attended the local Catholic elementary school and started high school at St. Cecilia High School in Englewood. Corcoran was proficient in a variety of courses her freshman year. She was transferred to Leonia High School and graduated with a D.