Enrique Zobel
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Enrique Jacobo Emilio Olgado Zobel (January 7, 1927–May 17, 2004), was a prominent Filipino businessman. The only child of Colonel Jacobo Roxas Zóbel and Ángela Olgado, he was a member of the influential Zobel de Ayala family of the Philippines and a first cousin of Jaime Zobel de Ayala.
Zobel was chief executive officer of Ayala Corporation until 1983 and has been credited with spearheading the transfomation of Makati City into Metro Manila's financial center while in that position. In 1990, he established the Enrique Zobel Foundation, which focuses on social and economic development projects in Calatagan, Batangas.
His vast business empire is now handled by his son, Iñigo Zobel.
