Who is Barbara Corcoran?

Barbara Corcoran is an American Businesswoman. She is also professionally active as an author, investor, consultant, speaker, and columnist.

She is highly recognized as the third shark on the TV show Shark Tank and as one of the successful entrepreneurs in the United States. Recently, she was announced as a contestant on Dancing With the Stars for season 25.

Barbara Corcoran: Age, Parents, Ethnicity

Barbara Ann Corcoran was born on March 10, 1949, in Edgewater, New Jersey, United States. She is of Irish-Danish ancestry. As of 2022, she is 73 years old.

Her mother’s name is Florence who died in 2012 and her father’s name is unknown. She was not raised in a well-off family. Also, she is dyslexic.

She has nine siblings and she is the second oldest child. One of her brothers, John Corcoran died in April 2019, in the Dominican Republic due to a heart attack. Her brother was a businessman.

Her younger brother Tom Corcoran, whom she said is a dancer.

Her father was frequently fired from his job since he didn’t obey his boss’ orders. As her parents had 10 children, there was always a problem regarding financial matters hence, she started working in her early years. Till the time she was 23 years old, she had done 20 different jobs.

But her family was always full of joy and her parents were not falling back on providing life lessons to their children.

In which school did Barbara Corcoran attend?

In 1971, Barbara Corcoran graduated with a bachelor’s in education from St. Thomas Aquinas College.

Because of her determination to become one of the leaders in the economy-dependent world, she didn’t focus much on her academic qualification. Rather she chose her professional career to become a successful entrepreneur.

Barbara Corcoran: Early Professional Life, Career

Due to the economic status of her family, Barbara Corcoran started to work in different places including restaurants for quick money at a very early age.

Meanwhile, Barbara Corcoran was not happy with her life. As her father was always inspiring her not to work for other people,  she realized her mistake at the age of 23. She took the loan of $1000 and co-founded her own real estate business under the name of The Corcoran Group.

Starting her own business was a step forward toward Barbara’s dream. Later her business partner ran away with a secretary and left the billion worth of fortune for her. In 2001, NRT LLC Company bought her company for $70 million.

Furthermore, she was thriving for fame and popularity and that is when she started to make her media appearances. She started to arrive as a guest in different shows including Larry King Live.

Barbara Corcoran started taking every possible profession in her path. As a result, she started her career as a columnist for different newspapers and magazines including, New York Daily News, Red Book, More Magazine, and many others.

And most of all, she is one of the Sharks in the NBC series Shark Tank.

Barbara Corcoran is actively participating in various motivation programs and is sometimes found on talk shows. It looks as if she is helping others who want to achieve greater fame in their life.

She also provides business consultancy through Barbara Concoran Inc. Among her best-selling business books, of them are If You Don’t Have Big Breasts, Put Ribbons on Your Pigtail, Nashville, and Amazing Places to Live the Rest of your Life. 

Awards

In contrast to Barbara’s outstanding professional career, she is not able to get any awards under her name. Maybe she will be awarded in the future.

How much is the net worth of Barbara Corcoran?

As regards Barbara Corcoran’s net worth, she has an enormous amount of wealth. As of 2022, her net worth is more than $100 million and is still growing.

Barbara Corcoran: Rumors, Controversy

Barbara Corcoran has various rumors and also has many controversial topics. There was a rumor that Robert Herjavec, a Croatian-Canadian Television personality, and a businessman was her first dance partner. Later on social media, she said that the rumors were true.

Recently, after her dance in the premiere of Dancing With the Stars season 25, she accidentally grabbed the private parts of her dancing partner Keo Motsepe. This event was viral on social media as a controversial topic.

Some of her tweets are considered racist and some are related to sexism. In addition, she also claimed that Donald Trump compared her breast size with his wife when they were in a business meeting.

So far Barbara Corcoran doesn’t have any rumors and has not been involved in any controversial topic regarding her personal life.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

As regards Barbara’s description of body measurement, she has fair skin and blonde hair. She is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 59 kg. Despite her old age, Barbara has kept her body posture in perfect condition. Furthermore, her body measurements are 33-25-35 inches.

Social Media

As a result of her popularity, Barbara Corcoran has many followers in public. Barbara is active on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Barbara Corcoran has more than 737.1K followers on Twitter, 526K followers on Facebook, and 724K followers on Instagram.

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