Scott Cook Net Worth

Scott Cook, born in 1952 in Woodside, California, is the cofounder of Intuit, a financial software giant known for its products such as QuickBooks, TurboTax and Mint. He has a 5% stake in the company and also owns shares in Facebook. Cook has served on Ebay's board of directors and has signed the Giving Pledge, vowing to give away the majority of his wealth.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Year 1952
Birth Place Woodside, California, United States
Age 71 YEARS OLD
Residence Woodside, California
Occupation Chairman of Intuit, director of eBay and Procter & Gamble
Known for Co-founder of Intuit
Spouse(s) Signe Ostby

💰 Net worth: $4.1 Billion (2024)

Scott Cook, a highly respected figure in the technology industry in the United States, is renowned for his significant contributions to the field. As of 2024, his net worth is estimated to be an impressive $4.1 billion. With an illustrious career spanning several decades, Cook has played a pivotal role in revolutionizing the technological landscape. Co-founder of Intuit Inc., a renowned software development company, he has been instrumental in the success of innovative products such as Quicken and QuickBooks. Scott Cook's substantial net worth is a testament to his remarkable entrepreneurial prowess and profound impact on the technology sector.

2009 $1 Billion
2010 $1.2 Billion
2011 $1.3 Billion
2012 $1.4 Billion
2013 $1.55 Billion
2014 $1.85 Billion
2015 $1.8 Billion
2016 $2.2 Billion
2017 $2.3 Billion
2018 $3.33 Billion

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Famous Quotes:

Dig for feedback on yourself. I did not do this. When I started work I waited for my boss to give me feedback -- which is the moral equivalent of taking the steering wheel for your life and handing it to someone else.

Biography/Timeline

1983

Cook started his career at Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he learned about product development, market research, and marketing. He then took a job in strategic consulting at Bain & Company in Menlo Park, California. Cook soon began using the insights he was learning there to look for an idea for a company of his own. That idea came to him one day when his wife was complaining about paying the bills. With personal computers just coming out at the time, Scott thought there might be a market for basic software that would help people pay their bills. He launched Intuit in 1983, which today offers software and online products to help individuals and small companies manage their finances.

1993

He was Intuit's chairman from February 1993 to July 1998. From April 1983 to April 1994, he served as President and CEO of Intuit.

2002

In 2002, Cook and his wife, Signe Ostby, established the Center for Brand and Product Management at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business, the nation's first university-based center focused exclusively on training MBAs in brand and product management. Cook and Ostby both started their careers in brand management.

2005

In 2005, Cook was #320 on the Forbes 400, with a net worth of $1.1 billion. Since the 1990s, he has "more than doubled his donations to Republicans and Democrats, giving the maximum [in 2007] to mainstream politicians such as Mitt Romney and Harry Reid."