David Cook: Spearheading the Legacy of Excellence beyond papers at Sharq Insurance LLC

David Cook, CEO, Sharq Insurance LLC Not all of us are fortunate enough to enjoy the early morning breeze that radiates through our entire being and helps us rise and shine. David Earl Cook, the CEO of Sharq Insurance LLC, was lucky enough to catch the first glimpse of his career at the budding stage of his life. He was only eight when he started working with his father at their family business. This filled him with the gusto and confidence to lead and manage their business single-handedly when he was just a man of 12 years old. Apart from business, what amused him was athletics. An international champion in sports, David was always driven by the passion to win, to lead, and to value commitment; attributes that spawned within him the spirit of entrepreneurship. By choice and drawing upon the American hard work ethic instilled by his parents, “early in my life I sometimes held three jobs at a single time. Many of those roles demanded hard physical labor. I have built three homes from vacant land to occupancy by myself”, muses the entrepreneur. The discipline & effort made him appreciate hard work as the only key to success, and his family values that embrace Honor, Courage, Commitment, God, Country, and Family as the invaluable assets of life; further helped him to move forward fearlessly in his mission. During his tenure of full employment spanning the long 56 years, David had led organizations with