Barbara Ann Corcoran

 Barbara Ann Corcoran, born March 10, 1949, is an American businesswoman and investor. She is also a speaker as a consultant, columnist syndicated, speaker as an author, author, and television presenter. The Corcoran Group is a New York City-based real estate brokerage. In 2001, the company was sold to NRT at $66 million. Corcoran left the company shortly after. Corcoran has participated in 12 episodes of ABC's Shark Tank seasons. Corcoran had signed 53 contracts as of February of 2020. Her largest deal was her $350,000 investment in Coverplay for 40%. Corcoran was born in Edgewater (New Jersey) as the second child of ten in an Irish-Catholic working class family.  Her mother, Florence, was a homemaker. Edwin W. Corcoran Jr. her father, was a skilled worker throughout the years of Corcoran's childhood. The family relied on the food provided by a friendly local grocer for free food. Corcoran remembers her father as a man who often consumed too much alcohol and treated her mother with disrespect and condescension, particularly when he was drinking. Corcoran was a struggle in school and was eventually diagnosed with dyslexia. Corcoran entered the high school system at St. Cecilia High School Englewood following her departure from her Catholic elementary school. After flunking several courses during her first year, Corcoran transferred to Leonia High School and graduated as a D student.