Carl Cook was born on November 10, 1962 in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. Cook took over as CEO of his parents' medical device manufacturer, Cook Group, when his father Bill died in 2011.
The $2 billion (sales) company received a warning letter from the FDA in 2014 that its quality control methods were inadequate.
Fixes included digitizing instructions for how to assemble devices, previously kept on paper, to speed up manufacturing and keep better records.
Cook's parents started the business in their Bloomington, Ind. apartment in 1963.
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💰Carl Cook Net worth: $10.2 Billion
2014
$6 Billion
2015
$5.8 Billion
2016
$7.2 Billion
2017
$7.4 Billion
2018
$8.32 Billion
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Biography/Timeline
2008
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. She grew up in Greene County, Indiana. They live in Bloomington, Indiana. They have a daughter.
2011
He is the son of william Cook (died 2011) and Gayle Cook, who co-founded the Cook Group.
2019
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 Fatherwilliam Cook. He then worked at the Cook Group pacemaker division in Leechburg, Pennsylvania and in their Winston-Salem plant.