Barbara Ann Corcoran

 Barbara Ann Corcoran was born on March 10, 1949. She is an American investor as well as a speaker and consultant. The Corcoran Group was a New York City real estate brokerage she established. NRT purchased it for $66million in 2001. Corcoran eventually left the company. One of the show's original "Shark" investors, Corcoran has appeared in the entire 12 seasons of ABC's Shark Tank until today. Corcoran had signed 53 contracts in February of 2020. Her largest deal was her investment of $350,000 into Coverplay for 40%. Corcoran was the second child in a family of 10 kids and was raised in Edgewater. [8] Her mother, Florence, was a household worker. Edwin W. Corcoran Jr. was her father. He was constantly moving from one job to the next during Corcoran’s childhood. Her family frequently relied on free food deliveries from a local grocer. Corcoran remembers her father as an alcohol-dependent drunkard who often treated her mother with condescension and disrespect, especially after the fact that he was drinking. Corcoran struggled through her schooling and later discovered that she was dyslexic. Corcoran attended an Catholic elementary school, and later began high school in Englewood at St. Cecilia High School. Corcoran dropped several classes during her first year before transferring to Leonia High School where she was a D student.