Fernando Zobel de Ayala (born 1960), is a Filipino businessman. Zobel graduated from Harvard College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1982. He also completed a program in International Management at INSEAD in France.
Zobel is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Ayala Corporation, the holding company of the Ayala group. He is also the Chairman of Ayala Land. The Ayala Land is the Philippines’ largest real estate firm and its only complete line property developer. In addition, he is one of the leader of the boards of the other Ayala Group companies. His brother, Jaime Augusto Zobel, is chief executive officer of Ayala Corporation, while his father, Jaime Zobel de Ayala, was president until 1994 and currently holds the title of chairman.
Aside from serving on these various boards of the Ayala group, Zobel is an active member of business clubs and professional organizations namely the Young Presidents’ Organization in the Philippines, the Management Association of the Philippines, the Makati Business Club and the Harvard Club. He is also a member of the World Economic Forum, the Habitat for Humanity International Advisory Group for Asia Pacific, the INSEAD East Asia Council and the International Council of Shopping Centers Board of Trustees.
Zobel is married to Catherine Silverio (daughter of former PBA coach Dante Silverio) since 1994. He has 4 children named Natasha Consuelo, Sylvia, Katya Denise and Fernando Alvaro.
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