Barbara Ann Corcoran

 Barbara Ann Corcoran is an American businesswoman from America. The Corcoran Group was a New York City real estate brokerage she established. NRT purchased it for $66million in 2001. Corcoran soon exited the company. Corcoran was among the original Shark Tank investors. She has appeared on every season of ABC's Shark Tank. Since February of 2020, she's signed 53 deals for the show, with the biggest one being $350,000 in 40% of Coverplay. Corcoran was born in Edgewater, New Jersey, the youngest of 10 children from a working class Irish Catholic family. Florence, Corcoran's mother, was a housewife. Edwin W. Corcoran Jr. her father was a skilled worker throughout Corcoran's childhood. At times, her family relied upon deliveries of free food from a friendly local grocer. Corcoran claims her father was a drunken man who did her mother a disservice and disrespect. Corcoran was a struggle in school and was later diagnosed with dyslexia. Corcoran started the high school system at St. Cecilia High School Englewood, after she left her Catholic elementary school. Corcoran dropped a few classes during her first year and transferred to Leonia High School where she was an A student.