Carl Cook
$11.54B
as of 02/16/26
About Carl Cook
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.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Medical devicesResidence
Bloomington, IndianaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
08/19/62 (age 63)Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Purdue University; Master of Business Administration, Tippie School of ManagementSelf-made
inherited and growingCarl Cook’s fortune is worth
192K
troy ounces of gold
178K
median U.S. household
115K
median U.S. income
0.231%
U.S. credit card volume
0.046%
GDP of the United States
0.034%
United States debt
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With $1,500, Bill Cook bought a soldering iron, a blowtorch and plastic tubing and made then-new cardiovascular catheters.
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