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Barbara Corcoran was born on 10th March 1949 in Edgewater, New Jersey.
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Barbara Corcoran was the second-oldest of ten children. Her father was a printing-press foreman and her mother was a housewife.
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Barbara was diagnosed with dyslexia as a child.
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All throughout high school, Barbara was a D student. But Barbara's mother did not help her raise Barbara's grades and encouraged Barbara's imagination instead.
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Barbara Corcoran graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas College with a bachelor's degree in education.
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Barbara Corcoran's family had financial problems when she was a child, she began working during her early teens. By the time she was 23 years old, she had done about 20 different jobs, including a waitressing.
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Barbara took a loan of $1000 and co-founded her own real estate business, The Corcoran Group.
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Barbara married Bill Higgins, a retired Navy captain of the Persian Gulf War and a former F.B.I. agent.
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Barbara gave birth to a son, Tom, at 46 years old.
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Barbara sold The Corcoran Group to NRT Incorporated for $66 million.
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Barbara's book, "Use What You've Got, and Other Business Lessons I Learned from My Mom" that she co-authored with
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Barbara adopted a daughter, Katie, at 56 years old.
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Barbara became a Shark Investor on the show "Shark Tank".
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Barbara's latest book, "Shark Tales: How I Turned $1,000 Into a Billion Dollar Business", co-authored with Bruce Littlefield, was published. It humorous yet informative as all her previous books were.
