Barbara Ann Corcoran

 Barbara Ann Corcoran was born on the 10th of March, 1949. She is an American investor as well as a speaker and consultant. The Corcoran Group is a New York City-based real-estate brokerage. In 2001, it was sold to NRT at $66 million. Corcoran left the company within a short time. Corcoran has participated in 12 of ABC's Shark Tank seasons. Since February of 2020, she's signed 53 deals for the show, the largest being a $350,000 investment in 40 percent of Coverplay. Corcoran was second in a family of 10 kids and was raised in Edgewater. Florence Corcoran was Florence's mother and a homemaker. Her father, Edwin W. Corcoran Jr., bounced from job to job during Corcoran's childhood. Her family frequently depended on food delivery services for free from a local grocer. Corcoran recalls her father as one who occasionally drank too much and was rude to her mother and condescension, particularly when he was drinking. Corcoran struggled through her schooling and was later diagnosed with dyslexia. Corcoran attended a local Catholic elementary school and started the high school system at St. Cecilia High School in Englewood. After flunking several courses during her first year of high school, Corcoran transferred to Leonia High School in Leonia, where she graduated as a D student.