Barbara Corcoran
Encyclopedia
Barbara Ann Corcoran is an American businesswoman, investor
, speaker, business consultant, syndicated columnist
, author
, and television personality. As a television personality, she is a "Shark" investor
on ABC
's Shark Tank
.
She graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas College
with a degree in education in 1971. After graduation, she taught school for a year, but soon moved on working various jobs including a side job renting apartments in New York City. She wanted to be her own boss, and in 1973 started a real estate business called The Corcoran Group with a $1000 loan. In the mid-1970s she also began publishing The Corcoran Report on real estate data trends in New York City.
In 2001, Corcoran sold her business to the giant NRT Incorporated
for $66 million.
, The Daily Review
, and Redbook
, written books, and been featured in various shows such as Larry King Live
.
In 2005 she was interviewed in Business Week, stating that there was no real estate bubble.
Investor
An investor is a party that makes an investment into one or more categories of assets --- equity, debt securities, real estate, currency, commodity, derivatives such as put and call options, etc...
, speaker, business consultant, syndicated columnist
Syndicated columnist
This list of syndicated columnists comprises columnists whose recurring columns are published in multiple periodical publications .*Ghaith Abdul-Ahad*Yasmin Alibhai-Brown*Timothy Garton Ash*Lucius Beebe*Max Boot...
, author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
, and television personality. As a television personality, she is a "Shark" investor
Investor
An investor is a party that makes an investment into one or more categories of assets --- equity, debt securities, real estate, currency, commodity, derivatives such as put and call options, etc...
on ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
's Shark Tank
Shark Tank (TV series)
Shark Tank is a reality television series based on the Sony TV/BBC TV Dragons' Den. It premiered on ABC television in August 2009 and features a panel of five wealthy entrepreneurs who are called "sharks"...
.
She graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas College
St. Thomas Aquinas College
St. Thomas Aquinas College is a private four-year liberal arts college in Rockland County, New York that occupies a forty-eight acre campus. Located at 125 Route 340 in Sparkill, New York, the college is named after the medieval philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas...
with a degree in education in 1971. After graduation, she taught school for a year, but soon moved on working various jobs including a side job renting apartments in New York City. She wanted to be her own boss, and in 1973 started a real estate business called The Corcoran Group with a $1000 loan. In the mid-1970s she also began publishing The Corcoran Report on real estate data trends in New York City.
In 2001, Corcoran sold her business to the giant NRT Incorporated
NRT Incorporated
NRT LLC is the largest residential real estate brokerage company in the United States of America. It is a subsidiary of Realogy Corporation. NRT's commercial operations rank as the twelfth largest corporate-owned commercial real estate brokerage in the country...
for $66 million.
Real estate commentator
She is a columnist for More MagazineMore (magazine)
More, launched in September 1998, is a women's lifestyle magazine published once a month by the Meredith Corporation with a rate base of 1.3 million and a circulation of 1.5 million...
, The Daily Review
The Daily Review
The Daily Review is a daily broadsheet newspaper, serving Bradford and Sullivan Counties of Pennsylvania. Its main office is in Towanda, Pennsylvania with branch offices in Troy and Sayre...
, and Redbook
Redbook
Redbook is an American women's magazine published by the Hearst Corporation. It is one of the "Seven Sisters", a group of women's service magazines.-History:...
, written books, and been featured in various shows such as Larry King Live
Larry King Live
Larry King Live is an American talk show hosted by Larry King on CNN from 1985 to 2010. It was CNN's most watched and longest-running program, with over one million viewers nightly....
.
In 2005 she was interviewed in Business Week, stating that there was no real estate bubble.
Selected works
- If You Don't Have Big Breasts, Put Ribbons On Your Pigtails: and Other Lessons I Learned From My Mom; (aka "Use What You've Got), New York : Penguin, 2003. ISBN 1591840023
- Nextville: Amazing Places to Live Your Life, Springboard Press, 2008. ISBN 9780446178273
- Shark Tales: How I Turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business, SPortfolio Trade, 2011. ISBN 1591844185
Further reading
- MacDonald, Jay, "Fame & Fortune: Barbara Corcoran: 'Jersey girl' trumped Trump with street smarts", Bankrate.comBankrateBankrate, Inc. is a consumer financial services company based in North Palm Beach, Florida, in the United States. Bankrate.com, perhaps its best known brand, is a personal finance website.-History:...
- Morgenstern, Julie, " Barbara Corcoran's Second Act", O: The Oprah Magazine, March 2005
- Rosen, Alison, "Home Viewing: former Megabroker Barbara Corcoran closes the deal on a TV career", Time Out New York, April 27-May 3, 2006.