Barbara Ann Corcoran

 Barbara Ann Corcoran was born on March 10, 1949. She is an American investor and speaker as well as consultant. 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 is one of ABC’s first Shark Tank investors. Since her inception she has appeared in each season of Shark Tank. In February of 2020, she had closed 53 deals. One of them was a $350,000 investment in Coverplay at 40%. Corcoran was the second of 10 children born to a working class Irish-Catholic couple in Edgewater, New Jersey. Florence Corcoran was Florence's mom and was a homemaker. Her father, Edwin W. Corcoran Jr. was a bouncing from job to job during Corcoran's early years. At times, her family relied upon deliveries of food that was free from a friendly local grocer. Corcoran remembers her father as a man who often was a drinker and did her mother a disservice and condescension, particularly after he'd consumed alcohol. Corcoran struggled in school and later learned that she had dyslexia. Corcoran was a student at an Catholic elementary school in her community and began high school in St. Cecilia High School, Englewood. After flunking several courses during her freshman year, Corcoran transferred to Leonia High School and received a grade of D.