DARIN COOK
CO-FOUNDER & CO-CEO, INFINITE ENERGY, GAINESVILLE
Cook, along with Rich Blaser, founded Infinite Energy in 1994. They began as a wholesale natural gas provider. As more markets began opening for energy choice, they began retail service and later expanded to offering electricity. Infinite Energy employs about 300. “As the company has grown, I’ve become more like a ship captain pointing a direction and letting all our talented people take us there,” Cook says.
| EDUCATION | University of Florida (BS) |
| SOMETHING SURPRISING | I’m an avid chess player, and I occasionally hold tournaments in the company where I play up to 13 people at once! |
| PHILANTROPHIC PASSION | My wife and I are involved with the University of Florida’s performing arts center. We also support a grassroots organization called SWAG, which works to expand resources in underserved communities. |
| FAVORITE VACATION | Any time I get to go out West. I especially love hiking in the mountains in Colorado. |