Shark Tank Bios BarbaraCorcoran
 GraduatedfromSt.ThomasAquinasCollegeineducationandtaught
schoolfor1year
 FoundedTheCorcoranGroup—aNYRealEstatefirm—in1973witha
$1,000loanandTheCorcoranReport
 SoldtoNRTInc.for$66Min2001
KennethHarrington
 MainIndustry:Media
 InventorofInfomercialin1985andAsSeenonTV
 FoundedQuantumInternational;Co‐foundedHomeShoppingNetwork
 Launchedover20businessesthathavegrowntoover$100Meach
 Co‐founderEntrepreneurs’Organization(EO)
RobertHerjavek
 MainIndustry:Software
 StartedhiscareerworkinginthefilmindustrythensoldIBMcomputer
equipment
 Foundedhisfirstcompany,BRAKSystems—anInternetcybersecurity
systemintegrator—in1990
 SoldtoAT&Tin2000for$30.2M
DaymondJohn
 MainIndustry:ApparelandFashion
 MortgagedthefamilyhometoraisethecapitaltofoundFUBUin1992
andraisedover$300,000inrevenue
 ConvincedL.L.CoolJtowearaFUBUteeshirtinapromotional
campaignin1993
 In2016FUBUwasreportedtobea$6BillionDollarBrand
KevinO’Leary
 MainIndustry:SoftwareandMedia
 ObtainedanMBAfromUniversityofWesternOntariothenworkedasan
AssistantBrandManagerforNabiscointheearly1980s
 Co‐foundedSpecialEventsTelevisionProductionCo.
 Co‐FoundedSoftKeySoftwarein1986,whichbecameaglobal
educationalsoftwarecompanyafteracquiringComptonNewMedia,The
LearningCompany,andBroderbund
 SoftKeychangeditsnametoTheLearningCompanyandwasacquired
byMattelin1999.
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