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Barbara Ann Corcoran is an American businesswoman and TV personality, best known for founding The Corcoran Group, in New York City which she sold for $66 million.
Barbara Corcoran is an American entrepreneur and investor known for her appearances as a real estate shark on the ABC show Shark Tank. She is also the founder of The Corcoran Group, a real estate company founded in New York City. Corcoran is a highly-acclaimed businesswoman, author, and motivational speaker, as well as a major contributor in real estate development and access to capital for women-owned businesses.
<div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1949</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Barbara Corcoran is Born</div><div class='timeline-text'>On March 10, 1949, Barbara Corcoran was born in Edgewater, New Jersey.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1973</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Starts Real Estate Business</div><div class='timeline-text'>In 1973, Corcoran co-founded The Corcoran Group, a real estate business.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2001</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Sells The Corcoran Group</div><div class='timeline-text'>Corcoran sold her business for $66 million to NRT LLC.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2007</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Publishes "If You Don't Have Big Breasts"</div><div class='timeline-text'>Corcoran published her first book, "If You Don't Have Big Breasts, Put Ribbons on Your Pigtails."</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2009</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Becomes Shark on Shark Tank</div><div class='timeline-text'>Corcoran joined ABC's reality show "Shark Tank" as one of the investors.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2012</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Publishes "Shark Tales"</div><div class='timeline-text'>Corcoran's second book, "Shark Tales: How I Turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business", was published.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2017</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Competes on Dancing with the Stars</div><div class='timeline-text'>Corcoran competed on Season 25 of "Dancing with the Stars."</div></div></div>
Barbara Corcoran, an American entrepreneur, was born on March 10, 1949 and is currently 74. She is best known for her role as a 'shark' investor on the ABC show Shark Tank, and as the founder of The Corcoran Group, the largest residential real estate brokerage company in New York City.
