Barbara Ann Corcoran

 Barbara Ann Corcoran (born March 10 1949) is an American businesswoman, investor, speaker, consultant and syndicated columnist. She is also an author, and television personality. The Corcoran Group, an NYC-based real estate brokerage, was founded by Corcoran. NRT bought it in 2001 for $66 million. Corcoran later left the company. One of the original "Shark" investors, Corcoran has appeared in the entire 12 seasons of ABC's Shark Tank until today. She has been involved in 53 deals since February 2020. The most significant was a $350,000 investment to provide 40% of Coverplay. Corcoran was the second child of 10 children born to an Irish-Catholic couple working in the middle class in Edgewater, New Jersey.  Her mother, Florence, was a homemaker. Edwin W. Corcoran Jr. her father, was a skilled worker throughout Corcoran's childhood. At times, the family depended on free food delivery from a nearby grocery store. Corcoran recalls her father as a man who occasionally consumed too much alcohol and did her mother a disservice and condescension, particularly when he was drinking. Corcoran struggled through her schooling and later discovered that she had dyslexia. She attended the local Catholic elementary school before beginning the high school system in St. Cecilia High School in Englewood. Corcoran was a failure in several courses in her freshman year, transferred to Leonia High School. There, she received a D.