Serial entrepreneur and key investor on the hit TV show “Shark Tank,” Barbara Corcoran knows a few things about amassing wealth. After founding her real estate company, The Corcoran Group, in 1973 with just $1,000, she sold the profitable business in 2001 for a whopping $66 million.
But before becoming rich and successful, Corcoran was just one woman trying to make it in the big city. So how did her real estate empire — and her net worth — succeed where others failed? Corcoran wasn’t afraid to be bold. So much so that some have even called her methods “unhinged.” She wears that crown proudly.
