Barbara Ann Corcoran
Barbara Ann Corcoran (born March 10 1949) is an American businesswoman, investor and speaker. She is also a consultant, speaker, syndicated columnist, TV personality, author and author. The Corcoran Group is a New York-based real estate brokerage. In 2001, the company was transferred to NRT at $66 million. Corcoran resigned from the company shortly thereafter. Corcoran was one of the first Shark Tank investors. She was a regular on every episode of ABC's Shark Tank. Corcoran had signed 53 contracts as of February of 2020. Her largest deal was her investment of $350,000 in Coverplay with a 40% stake. Corcoran was the second of a family of 10 kids born to a working class Irish-Catholic couple located in Edgewater, New Jersey. Florence was her mother. She was an excellent household worker. Edwin W. Corcoran Jr. was her father. He was always changing jobs during Corcoran's career. Her family depended sometimes on food deliveries from a friendly local grocer for free food. Corcoran...