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Medtech's Billionaires: #3 Gayle and Carl Cook

Medtech's Billionaires: #3 Gayle and Carl Cook
   

Gayle and Carl Cook ($5.8B and $6.6B)

Carl and Gayle Cook, pictured with the late William Cook

William and Gayle Cook founded Cook Group Inc. in 1963. Their son Carl became the company’s chief executive officer in 2011 upon his father’s death; Gayle sits on the company's board of directors. Cook Medical, based in Bloomington, IN, sells a large range of medical products, including endovascular stent grafts for abdominal aortic aneurysms, bioengineered tissue grafts, OB/GYN products, and antimicrobial catheters.

Cook Group includes a number of other non-medical subsidiaries. The private company had approximately $2 billion in revenue in 2010.

             

[Image courtesy of CATHY KIGHTLINGER, THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR]  

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