Barbara Ann Corcoran

 Barbara Ann Corcoran is an American businesswoman from America. The Corcoran Group, an NY-based real estate broker was established by Corcoran. NRT bought it in 2001 for $66 million. Corcoran later left the business. Corcoran was among the first Shark Tank investors. She was a regular on every episode of ABC's Shark Tank. Since February of 2020, she's signed 53 deals with the show, with the biggest being a $350,000 investment for 40 percent of Coverplay. Corcoran was born in Edgewater (New Jersey) as the second of ten children from a working-class Irish Catholic family. [8] Her mother, Florence, was a household worker. Edwin W. Corcoran Jr. became her father throughout Corcoran’s childhood. The family depended on food delivery services for free from a local grocer. Corcoran recalls that her father was an alcohol-dependent drunkard who often treated her mother with condescension and disrespect, especially after having consumed alcohol. Corcoran was struggling at school and was later told she was dyslexic. Corcoran entered high school in St. Cecilia High School Englewood, after she left her Catholic elementary school. After failing several classes during her first year of high school, Corcoran transferred to Leonia High School, where she was a D-student when she graduated.