Ben Tobin (November 8, 1903[1][2] – June 7, 1996) was an American real estate developer, philanthropist, and investor in Broadway shows.
[1][3] Tobin was born to a Jewish family in Russia and immigrated to the United States while he was still a child.
[1] In 1953, together with Roger L. Stevens, Alfred R. Glancy III, and H. Adams Ashforth, he founded Unico Properties to develop a 10-acre University of Washington site in central Seattle.
[3] He was also the founder of the Jewish Federation of South Broward[1] and Temple Beth El in Hollywood, where he was a member.
[3] He founded the Ben Tobin Foundation which was a major benefactor to Channel 2 WPBT, Miami-Dade County's public television station, and to the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.