Carl Cook
$12.3B
Born
Aug 19, 1962
Age
63
Source of Wealth
Medical devices
Residence
Bloomington, Indiana
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Married
Children
0
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Purdue University; Master of Business Administration, Tippie School of Management
- Carl Cook took over as CEO of his parents' medical device manufacturer, Cook Group, when his father Bill died in 2011.
- The $2.6 billion (sales) company sold one of its subsidiaries Cook Pharmica to drug delivery technology company Catalent for $950 million in 2017.
- Cook's parents started the business in their Bloomington, Indiana apartment in 1963.
- Cook is also the president of a Cook Group life sciences division called Cook MyoSite, which is developing a cell therapy to treat urinary incontinence.
- Cook's father, Bill, sold medical supplies in Chicago, but he hated the city, so he packed up the family and moved to Indiana.
- With $1,500, Bill Cook bought a soldering iron, a blowtorch and plastic tubing and made then-new cardiovascular catheters.
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