The Bill Cook story : ready, fire, aim!
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- The Bill Cook story : ready, fire, aim!
- Title remainder
- ready, fire, aim!
- Statement of responsibility
- Bob Hammel
- Subject
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- trueBusinesspeople
- trueBillionaires -- Middle West -- Biography
- Businessmen -- Indiana -- Biography
- trueMiddle West
- Billionaires -- Indiana -- Biography
- Cook, Bill, 1931-2011
- trueCook, Bill, 1931-
- trueBusiness and economics -- Business leaders and entrepreneurs
- trueBiographies
- truePhilanthropists
- trueLife stories -- Business | Business leaders
- trueBusiness success
- Language
- eng
- 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 compelling 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 catheters that would become the foundation of the global multi-billion-dollar Cook Group. Biographer Bob Hammel, with extraordinary access to Cook, his files, and his associates, has created a vivid portrait of this modern, multidimensional Horatio Alger - quirky humor, widely varied interests, and all. Informative and inspiring, this book celebrates an exceptional self-made individual."--BOOK JACKET
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
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- 338.092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HC102.5
- LC item number
- .H347 2008
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Target audience
- adult
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