About Us

Enrique Jacobo Emilio Olgado Zobel was born on January 7, 1927, the only child of Col. Jacobo Roxas Zobel and Angela Olgado, and the eldest of the 7th generation of the Zobel family. He led an active and successful life.

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He recognized his greater responsibility to help others without expectation or repayment. He believed that if those blessed financially, intellectually, or socially, embrace the responsibility to help those who are less fortunate, then we would have a more caring and cooperative society with a sense of community.

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EZ established a foundation under his name for the purpose of advancing the opportunities for education of the youth of Calatagan, Batangas. He believed that through education there is hope for a better life.

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It was almost as if he had a premonition of things to come. Sadly, one year after he set up the E. Zobel Foundation, he suffered a near fatal accident that left him paralyzed from the neck down.

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With EZ’s son Iñigo taking over the day-to-day business concerns, EZ focused more on the Foundation, deciding to concentrate his efforts in Batangas, particularly in Calatagan.

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Over the years, EZ supported many causes --- land reform, cattle dispersal, micro-finance, support for the disabled sector, medical center renovations, medical missions, and scholarships.

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When he died on May 17, 2004, local and international newspapers published a sheaf of obituaries, hailing him as a visionary, a mogul, the taipan of all taipans, an accomplished pilot, the quintessential businessman, a philanthropist, feisty, controversial, a maverick, a restless Filipino, a champion for social change and a deeply spiritual person. The composite painted the portrait of a man larger than life.