Barbara Ann Corcoran

 Barbara Ann Corcoran, born on March 10, 1949, is an American businesswoman and investor. She is also a public speaker and consultant, a speaker, columnist syndicated as an author, author, and television presenter. She was the founder of The Corcoran Group, a real estate brokerage located in New York City, which she sold to NRT for $66 million in 2001 and shortly thereafter , the company was sold. One of the show's original "Shark" investors, Corcoran has appeared in every season of ABC's Shark Tank to date. In February of 2020 Corcoran had signed 53 deals, the most significant being a $350,000 deal that covered 40% of Coverplay. Corcoran was the second of the family of 10 children, and was raised in Edgewater. Florence, Corcoran's mother, was a housewife. Edwin W. Corcoran Jr. his father was a multi-talented employee throughout Corcoran's childhood. Her family depended sometimes on food deliveries from a friendly local grocer for free food. Corcoran recalls her father, a man who sometimes drank too much and treated her mother with disrespect and condescendingly, particularly after he'd had some drinks. Corcoran struggled through her schooling and was diagnosed with dyslexia. Corcoran attended a Catholic elementary school in her area and began high school in St. Cecilia High School, Englewood. Corcoran who was in the process of failing several courses in her freshman year, moved to Leonia High School. There she received a grade of D.