Barbara Corcoran, “Shark Tank” investor and businesswoman, has a net worth of around $100 million. She worked hard to achieve her success and began her career as a receptionist for a real estate company at the age of 23. She then started her own real estate company with her then-boyfriend. After they split, she went on to found the real estate firm, The Corcoran Group.
Erika Kirk, the widow of the late Charlie Kirk, probably isn’t the first person to come to mind when you think of Barbara. Before her marriage to Charlie, Erika was best known as 2012’s Miss Arizona. After marrying Charlie, the 36-year-old began her own podcast called “Midweek Rise Up.” She started her PROCLAIM clothing line. She also happens to work as a real estate agent for The Corcoran Group.
Erika Kirk’s Connection to The Corcoran Group Sparks Curiosity
According to Erika’s LinkedIn page, she is also the founder of Everyday Heroes Like You. She lists her time working as a real estate agent for The Corcoran Group as beginning in 2018. However, on her website, the link to her real estate page for The Corcoran Group appears to be broken. The link on the company’s web page is, as well.
Despite Erika working for The Corcoran Group, t isn’t clear if she ever met Barbara. What is clear is that these two women have more in common besides having been real estate agents for the same company. They’re both powerful women who have gotten where they are through strength and determination.
After graduating from high school, Erika Lane Frantzve went to Arizona State University to study political science and international relations. Very briefly, she was an NCAA women’s basketball player at Regis University in Denver, Colorado. She also has a Juris Master’s Degree in American Legal Studies from Liberty University, a private evangelical Christian university founded by Jerry Falwell.
Currently, Erika is working towards getting her doctorate in Biblical studies.
Barbara Kept $66 Million in Her Checking Account for Years
After three decades at the forefront of The Corcoran Group, Barbara sold the firm in 2001 for $66 million, which she called her lucky number. But instead of investing the money, she revealed on the “Earn Your Leisure” podcast that she kept it in her checking account for several years.
“I was scared,” she admitted. “I figured ‘I don’t have my golden goose laying any eggs anymore.’ All of my staff was gone and I had no way to produce money. I thought to myself ’Heck, I better hold on to this money.”
Fortunately, she would find plenty of ways to invest her money with “Shark Tank” eight years later.
