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Carl Cook
United States 63 years old
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Medical devices
- Industry
- Healthcare
- Residence
- Bloomington, Indiana
- Education
- Purdue University (Bachelor of Arts/Science)Tippie School of Management (Master of Business Administration)
- Marital Status
- Married
Biography
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.
About
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.