Together they have two sons (Jaime Augusto and Fernando) and five daughters (Beatriz Susana ["Bea Jr."], Patricia, Cristina, Monica, and Sofía).
After early education in the Philippines, Zóbel attended Harvard University, where he graduated in 1957 with a bachelor's degree in architectural sciences.
He attended the six-week Advanced Management Program in the Far East, conducted by faculty from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in Baguio, the Philippines in 1963.
As an executive assistant in the company, he took down notes during management meetings and gradually learned the ropes of the family business.
[2] Zóbel successfully steered Ayala through the tense, final years of the Marcos dictatorship.