Barbara Ann Corcoran

 Barbara Ann Corcoran is an American businesswoman from America. 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 was one of the original Shark Tank investors. She was a regular on every episode of ABC's Shark Tank. In February 2020 Corcoran had signed 53 deals, with the biggest being a $350,000 deal that was able to cover 40% of Coverplay. Corcoran was born in Edgewater (New Jersey) as the second child of ten in an Irish-Catholic working class family. Florence, Corcoran's mother, was a homemaker. Edwin W. Corcoran Jr. was her father. He was constantly moving from one job to the next during Corcoran's youth. Her family depended sometimes on food deliveries from an artisanal local grocery store for free food. Corcoran recalls her father, who was a drunk at times too much, and treated her mother in a manner that was disrespectful and condescendingly, particularly after he'd consumed some drinks. Corcoran struggled through her schooling, later learning that she had dyslexia. Corcoran attended a local Catholic elementary school and started high school in St. Cecilia High School in Englewood. Corcoran was proficient in several courses during her first year. She was transferred to Leonia High School and graduated with a grade of D.