Barbara Ann Corcoran

 Barbara Ann Corcoran is an American businesswoman. 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 thereafter. Corcoran was among the original Shark Tank investors. She has appeared in every season of ABC's Shark Tank. Since February of 2020, she has made 53 deals on the show, with the most significant being a $350,000 investment for 40 percent of Coverplay. Corcoran was born in Edgewater, New Jersey, the youngest of 10 children in a working class Irish-Catholic family. Florence was her mother, who was a homemaker. Edwin W. Corcoran Jr. was her father. He was constantly moving from one job to another throughout Corcoran's youth. Her family sometimes relied on the free delivery of food from a nearby supermarket. Corcoran still remembers her father as someone who would drink sometimes and treated her mother with disrespect. Corcoran was a struggle in school and was eventually diagnosed with dyslexia. Corcoran started high school in St. Cecilia High School Englewood following her departure from her Catholic elementary school. Corcoran was proficient in several classes during her first year. She transferred to Leonia High School and graduated with a grade of D.