Barbara Ann Corcoran

 Barbara Ann Corcoran is an American businesswoman. In 2001, she founded The Corcoran Group in New York City. The company was sold to the company to NRT for $66 millions. Then, shortly after she left the business. Corcoran was among the original Shark Tank investors. She has appeared on every season of ABC's Shark Tank. Corcoran has been involved in 53 deals since February of 2020. The most significant was a $350,000 investment that will cover 40 percent of Coverplay. Corcoran was second child in the family of 10 children and was raised in Edgewater. Florence Corcoran was Florence's mother and a homemaker. Her father, Edwin W. Corcoran Jr. moved from job to job throughout Corcoran's youth. In times, her family relied on the delivery of food for free from a local grocer. Corcoran recalls her father as a man who often consumed too much alcohol and did her mother a disservice and condescension, particularly when he'd been drinking. Corcoran was a struggle throughout her education and later discovered that she had dyslexia. Corcoran was a student at a local Catholic elementary school and started high school at St. Cecilia High School in Englewood. After failing several classes during her first year, Corcoran transferred to Leonia High School in Leonia, where she received a grade of D.