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Barbara Corcoran Born Barbara Ann Corcoran Alma mater St. Thomas Aquinas College (B.Ed.) Occupation Founder of the The Corcoran Group Children 2 Barbara Ann Corcoran (Edgewater, New Jersey; March 10, 1949[1][2][3]) 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. [4][5] 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.[3][5] In the mid-1970s she also began publishing The Corcoran Report on real estate data trends in New York City.[5]
In 2001, Corcoran sold her business to the giant NRT Incorporated for $66 million.[6][1]
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Real estate commentator
She is a columnist for More Magazine, 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.
“ Of course there's no bubble. I think we're just getting started... There are so many more buyers than there are homes to sell. Bidding and overbidding are the norm of the day. So it's going to take a lot to slow this market. Even if it does – which I don't see the signs of – it will still slow down slowly. That's not what a bubble does.[7] ” 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
References
- ^ a b Green, Penelope. "The Real Estate 'Queen' in Her Hive", The New York Times, September 25, 2005. Accessed March 17, 2011. "'I never saw myself as a protected person,' said Ms. Corcoran, adding that she grew up in a two-room apartment in Edgewater, N.J., the second of 10 children."
- ^ Whitford, David, "Stepping Into a New Role", Fortune, February 28, 2006
- ^ a b Neuman, William, "BIG DEAL: A Gun, a Gallop and a Goodbye", The New York Times, Sunday, October 30, 2005
- ^ St. Thomas Aquinas College Alumni Hall of Fame
- ^ a b c Livingston, R.T., "The Corcoran Group: A Marketing Maven Forges into the Future", The Cooperator, December/January 2000.
- ^ "Barbara Corcoran: Rejection Breeds Success". The Wall Street Journal. June 2, 2011. http://blogs.wsj.com/developments/2011/06/02/barbara-corcoran-rejection-breeds-success/. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
- ^ Kurtz, Rod, "SPECIAL REPORT: INVESTING IN REAL ESTATE, 2005: "Of Course, There's No Bubble", Business Week, March 15, 2005
Further reading
- MacDonald, Jay, "Fame & Fortune: Barbara Corcoran: 'Jersey girl' trumped Trump with street smarts", Bankrate.com
- 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.
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Categories:- 1949 births
- Living people
- American business writers
- American finance and investment writers
- American investors
- American real estate businesspeople
- American television personalities
- People from Edgewater, New Jersey
- St. Thomas Aquinas College alumni
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