Bárbara Corcoran Biography

Fast Facts

• Borrowed $1,000 from her then boyfriend and quit her job as a waitress to start a small real estate company in New York City
• Had twenty different jobs by the time she turned 23
• Quote: "Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct․"
• Quote: "If I could set a world record, it would be that I have 150 business partners, all with thriving businesses of their own that started with nothing and I made the difference to make them all billionaires․"
• Sold The Corcoran Group in 2001 to NRT Incorporated for $66 million, making her a prominent figure in the New York real estate scene
• Businesswoman, real estate investor, author and speaker who has appeared as an investor on "Shark Tank․"
• Has written her own weekly and monthly columns for publications like the Daily News, More Magazine and Redbook
• Popular real estate contributor for the "Today Show" and CNBC