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Orianna Rosa Royle

Shark Tank’s Barbara Corcoran says her ‘painful’ battle with dyslexia made her the millionaire real estate mogul she is today

Barbara Corcoran (Credit: Christopher Willard—ABC/Getty Images)

Millionaire real estate mogul and Shark Tank investor Barbara Corcoran wasn’t top of the class at school—in fact, she has previously called herself a straight-D student. She didn’t know it then, but her grades were taking a hit because of her dyslexia.

Looking back on those formative years now, Corcoran is convinced the neurological condition—which causes difficulties with reading and language-related tasks—is actually the secret behind her success. 

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