Fogo Island Owner Zita Cobb is married to her husband Robert F. Cobb Jr since 1959 and has three children in her family.
Zita Cobb is a Canadian businesswoman and social entrepreneur who launched Shorefast, a Canadian charity, with her brothers, Anthony and Alan Cobb, on Fogo Island.
Moreover, she is the founder of Fogo Island’s Shorefast Foundation and the Innkeeper of the world-famous Fogo Island Inn.
Zita Cobb Married With Her Husband Robert F Cobb Jr
Zita Cobb and her husband Robert F. Cobb Jr. are a married couple, since their fateful day, April 15, 1959.
They have three children together whose names and identities are unknown. Not much is known about her husband Robert either and he must have kept a low profile.
Robert is known for his Fogo Island-born entrepreneur, Zita Cobb. She is one of four people receiving one of the highest honors in Canadian business.
As fish stocks dwindled, Fogo Island’s population shrank from 5,000 to 2,500. Determined to revitalize her home, islander Zita Cobb posed a question: “What do we have and what do we know?” https://t.co/Fc8Q6FDB2O pic.twitter.com/O9hIChN0HX
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) December 13, 2021
Zita, the founder of Fogo Island Inn was placed into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame in May 2021. She was awarded the Order of Canada in 2016 in recognition of her work on Fogo Island with Shorefast Foundation.
She was originally known across the country for her work in the tech industry. She worked in fiber optics, landed in Silicon Valley, and became the third-highest paid female executive in America.
After a successful tech career, she cashed out tens of millions in stock options, then returned to her home to focus on rejuvenating the economy and preserving the island’s culture and heritage.
What Is Zita Cobb Net Worth?
Zita Cobb estimated net worth is still under review. However, as the owner and power behind the construction and operation of the world-renowned Fogo Island Inn, she must have more than $10 million as per her company reputation.
She was also successful in her tech career and must have gathered a lot of money from the industry before running the inn.
Located off the coast of Canada, seemingly every structure on Fogo Island was built in service of catching and preserving fish, with one gleaming exception – a $40 million, luxury inn, the brainchild of eighth-generation islander Zita Cobb. https://t.co/GBYCfwDZpP pic.twitter.com/BhhPro5jjn
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) December 13, 2021
She built the $40 million dollar luxury Inn to boost the existing economies of the island and to provide employment while preserving their culture and heritage.
Zita Cobb Family Details
Zita Cobb was born to an inshore fisherman father. She has seven brothers and has a fifteen-year age gap between herself and the eldest.
She is the survivor of tuberculosis at the age of six. Later she majored in business at Carleton University, Ottawa.
And, for those who enjoyed Zita Cobb’s recent speech, we know that the Trudeau family had an amazing time https://t.co/Ut8Rl7YzaI
— Nancy Close (@neclose) March 27, 2016
Zita worked with various oil companies in Alberta. She worked with JDS Fitel for ten years and became the CFO and later the company merged with Uniphase becoming JDS Uniphase in 1999.
She has been acknowledged with honorary doctorate degrees from Memorial University of Newfoundland, McGill University Carleton University, and the University of Ottawa.