Carl Cook

{ "bio": [ "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." ], "about": [ "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." ] }