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The Bill Cook Story : Ready, Fire, Aim! / Bob Hammel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hammel, Bob.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cook, Bill, 1931-2011.
- Cook, Bill.
- Businessmen--Middle West--Biography.
- Businessmen.
- Billionaires--Middle West--Biography.
- Billionaires.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (441 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- Bill Cook epitomizes the American success story. His business ventures in medical devices, pharmaceuticals, genetics, real estate, retail management, and travel services have made him a billionaire. Yet, Cook continues to lead a modest life, involving himself in a variety of philanthropic activities that have included historic preservation and even a marching band. This riveting story is the first-ever biography of the entrepreneur who, working from the spare bedroom of his Bloomington, Indiana, apartment in 1963 with a 1,500 investment, began to construct the wire guides, needles, and cathete
- Contents:
- Playing in Peoria
- The Canton High years
- A wide gold band
- Road to Bloomington
- Bedroom beginning
- Moving up
- Team taking shape
- Foothold in Europe
- Doctors
- Stents and suits
- Health
- The guidant fiasco
- Philosophy
- Religion
- Politics
- Cook clinic
- The future
- Power and opportunity
- Restorations
- A good time in our lives.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-402) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780253018533
- 0253018536
- OCLC:
- 905991450
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