Barbara Ann Corcoran

 Barbara Ann Corcoran was a businesswoman, investor and speaker from the United America. The Corcoran Group, an NY-based real estate broker was established by Corcoran. NRT bought it in 2001 for $66 million. Corcoran later left the business. Corcoran was one of the first Shark Tank investors. She has appeared on every season of ABC's Shark Tank. In February of 2020 Corcoran had signed 53 deals, the largest being a $350,000 investment that was able to cover 40 percent of Coverplay. Corcoran was the second child of 10 from a working-class Irish-Catholic family was born in Edgewater in New Jersey. Florence was her mother, who was a homemaker. Edwin W. Corcoran Jr. her father was a multi-talented worker throughout Corcoran's childhood. Her family was sometimes dependent on food deliveries from an artisanal local grocery store for free food. Corcoran remembers her father as a drunkard who sometimes treated her mother with condescension and disrespect, particularly after having consumed alcohol. Corcoran struggled at school, and was later told that she was dyslexic. Corcoran was educated at an Catholic elementary school, and later began high school in Englewood at St. Cecilia High School. Corcoran completed her studies at Leonia High School with a diploma in English, despite having failed several classes during her first year.