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Successful ‘Shark Tank’ Investor Unapologetic About Advice Given to Women on How to Succeed in a ‘Man’s World’

“Shark Tank” host and real estate mogul Barbara Corcoran is under attack for posting a controversial tweet Tuesday about women working in the business world.

“I wear bright colors, yank up my skirt + get attention,”she wrote in a tweet.

Many woman attacked her for de-emphasizing a woman’s brain over her looks.

The real estate mogul is the founder of the Corcoran Group. Her 35-year-old real estate firm operates in New York City, the Hamptons and South Florida and produces $18 billion in sales annually.

In a Thursday interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Corcoran says that women are not allowed to participate in the boys club and smoke cigars like their male counterparts.

She goes on to say that it is about the numbers, but you have to sail apart from the pact in the end. The person who grabs the most attention will be the one who succeeds, according to her.

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