Barbara Ann Corcoran

 Barbara Ann Corcoran, born March 10, 1949, is an American businesswoman and investor. She is also a public speaker and consultant, a columnist syndicated, speaker writer, author and television presenter. The Corcoran Group was a New York City real estate brokerage that she founded. NRT purchased it for $66million in 2001. Corcoran soon exited the business. Corcoran has been a part of 12 of ABC's Shark Tank seasons. As of February 2020, she's signed 53 deals with the show, the largest being a $350,000 investment in 40 percent of Coverplay. Corcoran was born in Edgewater, New Jersey, the second child of 10 in a middle class Irish-Catholic family. Florence Corcoran's mother was a housewife. Edwin W. Corcoran Jr. became her father throughout Corcoran's childhood. Sometimes, her family depended on food delivery for free from a nearby grocery store. Corcoran claims that her father was a drunken man who was rude to her mother and disrespect. Corcoran was a troubled pupil throughout her schooling. Corcoran later found out that she was dyslexic. Corcoran attended an Catholic elementary school in her neighborhood and began high school at St. Cecilia High School, Englewood. Corcoran dropped several classes during her first year, and then transferred to Leonia High School where she was an A student.