Barbara Corcoran is married to her husband Bill Higgins since 1988. Barbara Corcoran and Bill are now parents to their two children Katie Higgins and Tom Higgins.
Barbara is a famous businesswoman known for being featured in Shark Tank.
Despite having a rough childhood, she never gave up, and she chose to work hard which makes her a millionaire now.
Bill Higgins served in a gulf war and now is a retired Navy. The couple has a cute love story and has been interviewed by many shows to drop their secrets for a long-lasting happy marriage.
Barbara Corcoran Husband Bill Higgins Is A Retired Navy Officer
The real estate queen Barbara Corcoran has been married to her husband Bill Higgins.
Barbara Corcoran met Bill Higgins back in 1981 at one of the conferences. Barbara was smitten by Bill's smile, and she considered him the "most handsome man she has ever met".
Bill Higgins has spent a long career in the Public Service Industry. He is a former FBI agent and a retired Navy Captain. He served as a Navy Caption for almost five decades, and he was among those people who participated in the Gulf War held from 2 August 1990 to 28 February 1991.
After a few business meetings, she decided to shoot her shot and asked out Bill by inviting him to spend the weekend with her. To this, Bill respectfully turned down the offer. He thought his declining offer might have made him seem more attractive in front of her. Barbara never stopped, and she didn't give up on him.
Even before meeting Barbara, Bill was married and had four children. The couple might have split due to some reasons.
After dating Bill for a few months, Barbara decided to move in with him and his four children from the previous marriage. The couple stayed happy, and their relationship lasted for years before Bill took a leap of faith and surprised her with a marriage proposal during their trip to Norway.
The shark mentioned not being sure about accepting the proposal, but she decided to give it a go. One thing is for sure, they were in a happy, committed relationship, and now they have been married for three decades.
The couple got married in 1988. After several years of in-vitro attempts, the couple welcomed their first child, Tom, and she adopted a girl named Katie after much research.
Barbara mentioned that she met 27 mothers who wanted to give up their children for adoption, yet the process was quite difficult.
Many people asked them how they could stay happy as a couple forever and how their marriage lasted so long. To this, Barbara mentioned that the couple still had differences somewhere, but they managed to get through all of it. She sees her husband, Bill as a good guy, father, and husband.
Meet The Real Estate Queen Barbara Corcoran
Barbara Corcoran is an American businesswoman and real estate agent.
Barbara belonged to a working-class Irish-Catholic family and was the second among 10 other children. Growing up, the family had a difficult childhood. Barbara's mother, Florence was a homemaker and her father, Edwin had to change multiple jobs to provide for his family.
She recalls her father drinking too much and being disrespectful toward her mother. Barbara gives her mother credit for her success.
Now she favors poverty as a secret ingredient to her success. In one of the interviews, Barbara said, "Poor kids have nothing to lose and nowhere to go but up."
Barbara struggled because of dyslexia. She attended a Catholic elementary school and later joined St. Celicia High School in Eaglewood. After changing several courses, she transferred to Leonia High School.
After graduating high school, she joined St. Thomas Aquinas College, where she earned an education degree. She graduated from there in the year 1971.
By the time she was 23, she had worked 20 different jobs, including renting apartments in New York City.
Barbara always wanted to be her boss. While working as a waitress, her then-boyfriend convinced her to work in a real-estate business. While working as a receptionist at Giffuni Brothers in New York City, she co-founded a new business with her then-boyfriend, Corcoran-Simone. Her boyfriend had given her a loan of $1000, and later on, she used that to establish a billion-dollar business.
After being dumped by her boyfriend, she formed her firm called The Corcoran Group. The Corcoran Group is known as the country's largest and most successful brokerage business.
Around the 1970s, She started publishing The Corcoran Report, which included much-needed information about all the real estate data trends around New York City. At that time, The Corcoran Group was worth $5 billion.
In 2001, Barbara sold the Corcoran Group to NRT for $66 million.
To date, Barbara has invested in more than 80 businesses. She is also the author of the best-selling book "Shark Tales: How I Turned $1000 into a Billion-Dollar Business" and hosts a famous podcast named "Business Unusual with Barbara Corcoran".
Most people know Barbara from the famous show Shark Tank. Barbara has been one of the sharks/investors for the past thirteen seasons. The show itself is an Emmy Award-winning show. As of 2022, she has invested more than $350,000 for 40% of the Coverplay.
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