Carl Cook

$11.07B
$164.4M (-1.5%)
as of 02/07/25

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 $2.4 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 the president of a life sciences division called Cook MyoSite, which is developing a cell therapy to treat urinary incontinence.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

Medical devices

Residence

Bloomington, Indiana

Marital status

Married

Birth date

08/19/62 (age 62)

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Purdue University; Master of Business Administration, Tippie School of Management

Self-made

inherited and growing

Carl Cook’s fortune is worth

185K

troy ounces of gold

170K

median U.S. household

111K

median U.S. income

0.221%

U.S. credit card volume

0.044%

GDP of the United States

0.033%

United States debt

Net worth history

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Did you know?

With $1,500, Bill Cook bought a soldering iron, a blowtorch and plastic tubing and made then-new cardiovascular catheters.

Net worth over time

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