Barbara Ann Corcoran (born March 10, 1949) is an American businesswoman, investor, speaker, consultant, syndicated columnist, author, and television personality.
She founded The Corcoran Group, a real estate brokerage in New York City, that she sold to NRT for $66 million in 2001.
She is now a television personality as a "Shark" investor on ABC's Shark Tank, a position she has held for 9 seasons.
She has made 59 deals on the show, pledging a total of $5.4 million, the largest being a $350,000 investment in Coverplay.
Her mean investment size is $103,113 and her median investment size is $75,000.Corcoran is a columnist for More, The Daily Review, and Redbook.
She has written several books, and has been featured on Larry King Live, NBC's Today show, hosts The Millionaire Broker with Barbara Corcoran on CNBC, writes a weekly column in the New York Daily News, and is a guest speaker and consultant.