Barbara Corcoran

Barbara Corcoran is an American businesswoman, investor and television personality. She built the Corcoran Group, a New York real estate brokerage she started with a $1,000 loan, into a firm she sold for $66 million, then became one of the original “Shark” investors on ABC’s Shark Tank, where she has appeared across every season. A syndicated columnist and speaker known for a blunt, funny, self-made sensibility, she turns her own improbable rise into practical lessons on selling, resilience and building a business from almost nothing.