Barbara Corcoran is an American businesswoman, author, and TV personality, best known for her appearance on the popular TV show ‘Shark Tank.’ Born in an Irish Catholic family, she grew up amidst poverty. Her alcoholic father made her childhood miserable. Growing up in New Jersey, with her nine siblings, she attended various schools. After graduating from the ‘Leonia High School’ in New Jersey, she obtained a degree in education and began working in a real-estate company. Following this, she founded a company named ‘The Corcoran-Simone’ with her then-boyfriend. The company was renamed ‘The Corcoran Group’ after her boyfriend left her for another woman. Around the mid-1970s, she also began publishing a real-estate newsletter called ‘The Corcoran Report.’ She, however, sold her business to ‘NRT’ in the early 2000s. In the 2010s, she appeared on reality TV shows such as ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and ‘Shark Tank.’ She currently lives with her husband, Bill Higgins, in Manhattan.
