I built the business exactly the way my mother built and ran her family. I wanted a replication of the big, happy family I grew up in. I wanted happy people having fun.

Since the sale of her business Barbara Corcoran has become a prominent figure in the New York real estate scene. She is also a business consultant via her consulting and televison production business Barbara Corcoran Inc. As a television personality Barbara Corcoran is a "Shark" investor on ABC's Shark Tank.

As a television personality Barbara Corcoran is a "Shark" investor on ABC's Shark Tank.