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The Bill Cook story ready, fire, aim! / Bob Hammel.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, (c)2008.Description: 1 online resource (441 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780253018533
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HC102 .B555 2008
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Contents:
Subject: 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.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; The Bill Cook Story; Copyright; Dedication; contents ; Preface; A Day in a Life; KIDNAPPING; The Life; 1. Playing in Peoria; 2. The Canton High Years; 3. A Wide Gold Band; 4. Road to Bloomington; 5. Bedroom Beginning; Ain't but One Bill Cook; 6. Moving Up; An Ow, a Bow-Wow, a Hoosegow; 7. Team Taking Shape; Taking Flight; 8. Foothold in Europe; 9. Doctors; 10. Stents and Suits; 11. Health; 12. The Guidant Fiasco; The Band Director; 13. Philosophy; 14. Religion; 15. Politics; 16. Cook Clinic; The Bill Cook Plan for America; The Day Revisited; KIDNAPPING REDUX; 17. The Future; Wealth.

18. Power and Opportunity19. Rising Stars; 20. Restorations; 21. A Good Time in Our Lives; Acknowledgments; Sources and Notes; Index.

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.

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