Barbara Corcoran Net Worth:  With Sheer Grit and Street Smarts To Riches

What is Barbara Corcoran’s Net Worth?

Barbara Corcoran’s net worth is estimated at $100 million. While she may not be the wealthiest–she’s at the bottom of the Shark Tank pack–she often snags the best deals of this successful show. Components of her net worth come from:

– Received $66 million for The Corcoran Group from NRT Incorporated. – Invested in 53 deals as a Shark and earns $50K+ per episode. – Co-founder of Forefront Venture Partners with Phil Nadel, a prominent AngelList syndicate firm; she is an angel investor for companies like Calm, Boundless, PayCom, and Third Wave Water.

– Purchased New York real estate, including a $3.5 million Park Avenue apartment in 2001; and a $10 million Fifth Avenue penthouse, with eleven rooms, a solarium, and a conservatory. – TV Show Appearances as herself, including Drop Dead Diva (2013); Dancing With The Stars (2017) with a partner, Keo Motsepe; Gracie and Frankie (2020); Larry King Live (2016)

Early

Life

She struggled throughout her schooling, learning later, she had dyslexia. She attended St. Cecilia High School but flunked out and transferred to Leonia High School, where she graduated as a D student.

Corcoran said, “Most importantly, her mother taught her children to try, even if they didn’t succeed. I learned to jump out of the window with the belief that I’d learn how to fly.”

Career

According to Barbara Corcoran, after she left teaching, she worked at least 20 jobs by age 23. While she was waitressing, her boyfriend, Ray Simone, encouraged her to work for a real estate company, starting as a receptionist for the Giffuni Brothers’ real estate company in New York City.

With a $1,000 loan from Simone, she co-founded The Corcoran-Simone in 1973, a small real estate agency. Several years later, she broke up with her boyfriend and formed The Corcoran Group, becoming the real estate legend she is today.

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