Meet Bill Higgins, Shark Tank OG investor Barbara Corcoran’s ex-FBI agent husband: the couple sleep in separate bedrooms … but what happened when she hired an FBI agent to find out if he was cheating?
Corcoran reveals her favourite activity during a ‘special night’ with her husband, while Gulf War veteran Higgins is so supportive, he once had business cards made that gave his job title as “Spouse”
“I lead a very busy life … so what I need more than anything else is a respite, and my husband is not relaxing,” she shared. The 75-year-old also explained that Higgins is not allowed to enter her room unless she invites him in. As a result, sex is a “short thing” but, per People, sleeping in separate bedrooms keeps it “fun”. Still, the millionaire quipped, “My idea of a special night with my husband is a good game of Scrabble.”
So just who is Bill Higgins?
He was in the US Navy … and the FBI
Corcoran’s “partner in crime” is a US Navy Academy graduate and was in the FBI before becoming a decorated navy captain. He took part in Operation Desert Storm during the Gulf War of the early 90s, and was in the Combined Forces Command in Korea for a decade, per People. Funnily enough, when a psychic told Corcoran her husband was cheating, she hired a former FBI agent to follow him around. The investigator revealed that Corcoran’s husband was cheating on her – with Barnes & Noble. After telling the story on Instagram, she joked that she signed him up for Shopaholics Anonymous.
After leaving the Navy, Higgins went into real estate and started the William F. Higgins Agency, which he sold in 1997.
How did Barbara Corcoran and Bill Higgins meet?
Corcoran and Higgins met at a 1981 conference, and she had no qualms about mixing work and pleasure. While he approached her to talk business, she wanted to get to know him. He played “hard to get”, she chased, and after six months they started dating. After marrying in 1988, they had two children – Tom and Kate. Tom was born through IVF, with Corcoran’s sister as the egg donor, while Kate was adopted. Higgins had previously fathered four children with his ex-wife.
Higgins is proud to call himself Corcoran’s spouse
Higgins can be competitive with his wife – as evidenced by how they vied for trophies while on the same company’s board – but he is a proud husband. In fact, per People, his business cards once read “Spouse” as his job title, which he decided on after Corcoran refused to make him chairman of her company.