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Cook Group Inc. founder Bill Cook, who made his fortune selling medical devices, ranked 176th with a net worth of $4.5 billion. Noted philanthropists, Cook, 78, and his wife Gayle last month gave Indiana University $15 million for its new basketball training center. The Cooks live in Bloomington.
Dean White, the 86-year-old founder of Merrillville-based White Lodging, was listed 582nd with a net worth of $1.7 billion. White Lodging is developing the $450 million Marriott Place hotel complex in downtown Indianapolis. In January, the Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation Inc. said it would donate $5.4 million to promote the city’s tourism and convention business.
Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, 50, also made Forbes’ list. The Carmel resident’s net worth was estimated to be $1.4 billion.
Not far behind him: Indiana Pacers owner and Simon Property Group co-founder Herb Simon, 75, with a net worth pegged at $1.1 billion.
Mexican tycoon Carlo Slim Helu ($53.5 billion) topped the billionaires list for the first time this year, edging out Microsoft chief Bill Gates ($53 billion) and investing guru Warren Buffett ($47 billion).
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