Carl Cook
{{short description|American billionaire businessman|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{for|the American sprinter|Carl Cooke}}
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| occupation = CEO, Cook Group
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Carl Cook (born November 10, 1962){{cite web|title=Carl Cook|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/carl-cook/|website=Forbes|access-date=April 8, 2019}} is an American billionaire businessman. He is CEO of the Cook Group, a medical device company that was co-founded by his parents. As of May 2024, his net worth is estimated to be $10.6 billion, making him the wealthiest person living in the state of Indiana.{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/4638702-who-is-the-wealthiest-person-in-your-state-forbes-releases-new-list/ |title= Who is the wealthiest person in your state? Forbes releases new list |work=The Hill |author=Addy Bink |date=2 May 2024}}
Early life
He is the son of William Cook (died 2011) and Gayle Cook, who co-founded the Cook Group.
He has a bachelor's degree in engineering from Purdue University, and an MBA from the University of Iowa.{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/free_access/carl-cook-inherited-his-father-s-company-and-his-vision/article_c108d922-3163-5b09-bc43-942df822815c.html |title=Carl Cook inherited his father's company – and his vision | Free HTO content |publisher=heraldtimesonline.com |date= |access-date=June 24, 2017}}
Career
After graduation, Cook traveled to France and Germany for a year, setting up computers for his family's company, the Cook Group, a medical devices company founded by his late father William Cook. He then worked at the Cook Group pacemaker division in Leechburg, Pennsylvania, and in their Winston-Salem plant.
Cook is also the president of a life sciences division of Cook Group, called Cook MyoSite, which is developing a cell therapy to treat urinary incontinence.
Personal life
On January 5, 2008, Cook married Marcy Heshelman at the West Baden Springs Hotel, having met her when she was working in Cook Inc's auditing department.{{cite book|author=Bob Hammel|title=The Bill Cook Story: Ready, Fire, Aim!|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wNSd4CuhZpIC&pg=PA284|access-date=June 24, 2017|year=2008|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-35254-5|page=284}} She grew up in Greene County, Indiana. They live in Bloomington, Indiana, and have a daughter.{{cite web|last=Schneider |first=Nick |url=http://www.gcdailyworld.com/story/1952133.html |title=Local News: Governor makes stop at Yoho's General Store in Solsberry (3/21/13) | Greene County Daily World |publisher=Gcdailyworld.com |date=March 21, 2013 |access-date=June 24, 2017}}
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