Analysis Of Barbara Corcoran s The Shark Tank Essay

For my philanthropy paper I selected Barbara Corcoran. I choose to write about her because she inspired me with her story from watching ABC’s Shark Tank. Barbara started from the bottom in high school and did not do well but became a successful millionaire. But she is a businesswoman, investor, speaker, consultant, syndicated columnist, author and â€Å"A Shark† meaning an investor on ABC’s Show Shark Tank. Though out this paper I am going to focus on her background, history, major accomplishments, contributions and lastly some of her personal experiences. Barbara was born on March 10, 1949 in in Teaneck New Jersey, and grew up in Edgewater, New Jersey and is an Irish descent (Cite-wiki). She currently lives in Manhattan, New York. She did go to college even though she did not do well in high school, she still attended St. Thomas Aquinas College. For her occupation she is the Founder of The Corcoran Group, Barbara Corcoran Inc. and Barbara Corcoran Venture Partners and is worth $80 million dollars. Barbara is married to Bill Higgins and has two children boy and a girl. (cite-wiki) Barbara was married twice Bill is her second Husband. Post graduation in 1971 from St. Thomas Aquinas College with a degree in education. She tried teaching for roughly a year but did not think that it was her niche. So than later on while in New York she decided to work a wide spread of jobs, one including renting out apartments in New York City. Barbara got straight D’s in high school and