BLOOMINGTON — Carl Cook, CEO of the Bloomington-based medical device manufacturer Cook Group, has been included on Forbes’ list of the 400 richest people in America for 2025.
Cook, 63, is ranked 103rd on the list and is recognized as the wealthiest person in Indiana. His net worth is estimated at $11.7 billion, an increase from his $10.7 billion valuation in 2024. Globally, Cook is ranked as the 244th richest person in the world.
He took over as CEO of the Cook Group in 2011, following the death of his father, who had founded the company in Bloomington in 1963. The company remains headquartered in the Indiana college town.
Another Indiana resident, real estate tycoon Herb Simon, 90, also made the list with a net worth of $6.5 billion.
According to Forbes, the top 10 wealthiest people in America for 2025 are:
- Elon Musk, $428 billion
- Larry Ellison, $276 billion
- Mark Zuckerberg, $253 billion
- Jeff Bezos, $241 billion
- Larry Page, $179 billion
- Sergey Brin, $166 billion
- Steve Ballmer, $153 billion
- Jensen Huang, $151 billion
- Warren Buffett, $150 billion
- Michael Dell, $129 billion
