Barbara Ann Corcoran

 Barbara Ann Corcoran was born on March 10, 1949. She is an American investor, speaker and consultant. In 2001, she established The Corcoran Group in New York City. She sold the business to NRT for $66 millions. Shortly thereafter she left the business. Corcoran is among ABC's initial Shark Tank investors. As of now she has appeared on every 12 season of Shark Tank. In February of 2020 Corcoran had signed 53 deals, with the largest being a $350,000 investment that was able to cover 40 percent of Coverplay. Corcoran, who was the second of 10 children from a working-class Irish-Catholic family, was born in Edgewater in New Jersey. Florence Corcoran's mother was an excellent homemaker. Her father, Edwin W. Corcoran Jr. moved from job to job throughout Corcoran's youth. Her family was sometimes dependent on the food provided by a friendly local grocer for free food. Corcoran recalls that her father was an intoxicated man who would sometimes treat her mother with disrespect and disrespect, particularly after he had been drinking. Corcoran struggled throughout her schooling before discovering that she was dyslexic. Corcoran went to the local Catholic elementary school before beginning high school at St. Cecilia High School in Englewood. Corcoran who was in the process of failing many classes during her freshman year, moved to Leonia High School. There, she received a D.