Celebrity Biographies
Barbara Corcoran Bio, Age, Family, Children, Husband, Shark Tank, Net Worth, Real Estate
BIOGRAPHY OF BARBARA CORCORAN
Barbara Corcoran (middle name Ann) is an American businesswoman, investor, author, and television personality. She is popularly known as an investor in the TV show Shark Tank. Besides her busy career, she manages to be a consultant and columnist for popular magazines.
She was raised in Edgewater, New Jersey. She went to a local Catholic elementary school. She then joined St. Cecilia High School in Englewood. After graduating from high school, Barbara enrolled at St. Thomas Aquinas College where she successfully graduated with a degree in education in 1971.
Shortly after graduating, she taught school for a year and then landed various jobs, including a side job renting apartments in New York City.
AGE BARBARA CORCORAN
Corcoran was born on March 10, 1949 in Edgewater, New Jersey, United States.
BARBARA CORCORAN FAMILY
Barbara’s father was employed in a printing company while her mother was a housewife. Barbara and her nine other siblings grew up in Edgewater, New Jersey.
HUSBAND OF BARBARA CORCORAN | BILL HIGGINS
Corcoran currently resides in Manhattan with her husband, Bill Higgins . Her husband Bill is a retired naval captain who served in the Persian Gulf War. He is also a former FBI agent. The couple married in 1988.
BARBARA CORCORAN CHILDREN | GIRL | SON
Barbara gave birth to their eldest son Tom in 1994. Her pregnancy was through in vitro fertilization – with an egg donated by her sister. The couple then adopted a daughter named Kate.
REAL ESTATE BARBARA CORCORAN
Corcoran began his career in the 1970s with real estate. She then became a television personality as a “Shark” investor on ABC’s Shark Tank.
As she ardently wanted to be her own boss, she co-founded with her boyfriend a real estate company called Le Corcoran-Simonè. Simon had contributed a loan of $1,000 which served as start-up capital.
When she separated from her boyfriend years later, she founded her own company, The Corcoran Group. Knowing the real estate industry inside out, she started publishing the Corcoran report. The report covered trends in real estate data in New York.
In 2001, Corcoran sold its entire business to real estate giants NRT. The value of the transaction was estimated at $66 million. But according to Bloomberg, the company was valued at $4 billion.
Barbara is a columnist for More Magazine, The Daily Review and Redbook. She has also written many books and has appeared on several shows including Larry King Life. She has been invited as a guest speaker at various real estate events.
Corcoran is also a business consultant. She does her consulting and television production business through her company Barbara Corcoran Inc. She is the real estate contributor to NBC’s Today show. She hosts a television show, The Millionaire Broker with Barbara Corcoran on CNBC. Barbara also writes a weekly column for the New York Daily News.
BARBARA CORCORAN DE SHARK TANK
Corcoran has invested in the three-time Emmy Award-winning show Shark Tank for nine seasons. She secured over 50 deals on the show, her biggest deal being with the Coverplay company for $350,000. His average investment is $103,113 and the median value of his investments is $75,000. While on air, she pledged over $5.4 million in investments.
BARBARA CORCORAN NET WORTH
Barbara has an estimated net worth of $80 million as of 2018.
BOOK BY BARBARA CORCORAN | STORY
Corcoran’s story of weed to grace is also the main subject of his bestselling book, Shark Tales: How I Turned $1,000 Into a Billion Dollar Business! The book was launched in 2011. Just a year and a half after Shark Tank premiered.
The book was co-authored by Bruce Littlefield, with whom she collaborated on a previous book, If You Don’t Have Big Boobs, Put Ribbons in Your Braids: And Other Lessons I Learned From My Mom. The 320-page book is hailed as a national best seller and received fabulous reviews.
BARBARA CORCORAN YOUNG
Corcoran earned D’s in high school and college and held 20 jobs before he was 23. In 1973, she borrowed $1,000 from her then-boyfriend to start a real estate empire. She kept her business alive during the stock market crash of 1987 by mortgaging her country home, selling her one-bedroom co-op, and teaching real estate classes at New York University.
Corcoran eventually sold his company to real estate giant NRT for $66 million in September 2001 – two days before the terrorist attacks. In 2009, she first appeared on ABC’s Shark Tank, where she continues to strike deals with contractors. Here, the famous real estate mogul and investor reflects on the skills and lessons she wants to know as a young entrepreneur.