No. 380United States
Carl Cook
Medical devices · Bloomington, Indiana
Net worth
$9.6B
Today
$00.00%Past month
+$758M+8.62%As of Nov 11, 2026, 1:50 PM EST
Carl Cook took over as CEO of his parents' medical device manufacturer, Cook Group, when his father Bill died in 2011. The $2.7 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.
Net worth over time
+8.62%+$758M over the past month
$10B$9B$9B
Oct 12Nov 11
Principal holdings
1 positions| Company | Industry | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Private holdings | Healthcare | 100.0% | $9.6B |
Also known for
- 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.