India, May 19 -- It took less than 24 hours for Barbara Corcoran to find a buyer for her New York City penthouse. According to a report in Fortune, the Shark Tank investor sold her exquisite Fifth Avenue apartment within a day of listing it.

Barbara Corcoran, 76, put her NYC penthouse for sale after a decade of living in it. The Central Park-facing duplex was snapped up in a bidding war with the final price exceeding her initial ask of $12 million, reported The New York Post. The exact amount it fetched has not been disclosed yet.

"I never thought I would ever leave," the real estate mogul told The New York Times. "It's easy to spend money when you're building a lifelong dream. For me, real estate is emotional."

Barbara Corcoran first ...