Robert L.
Cohen
Chairman & CEO
As Chairman and CEO of the ob体育 Financial Group, Inc., an integrated financial services company, Robert Cohen is responsible for the company鈥檚 core strategic plan, including organic growth, M&A and building an industry-leading employee culture. Since assuming the role of CEO of ob体育 in 2000 Rob has led the enterprise to over 700% revenue growth while building a client focused culture rooted in employee ownership. His vision for ob体育 is to remain big enough to provide all the resources necessary for any client, but small enough to always focus on each client and service their individual needs.
ob体育鈥檚 commitment to the community began when the company was incorporated and simultaneously created the ob体育 Foundation. Rob has built upon this commitment by defining ob体育鈥檚 mission statement as: Protecting Assets, Making a Difference.
Rob strongly believes in personally giving back to the community and has served on more than 20 non-profit boards throughout his career in a variety of leadership capacities. Currently Rob serves on Colorado I Have a Dream Foundation (Co-Founder & Past Chair), Colorado Succeeds, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce (Past Chair), Denver Sports (Founder & Past Chair), Downtown Denver Partnership (Past Chair), Metro Denver Economic Development Corp. (Past Chair), United States Olympic Museum, United States Olympic & Paralympic Foundation and Visit Denver (Past Chair).
A native of Kansas, Rob received his bachelor鈥檚 degrees in both Risk Management and Finance from the University of Texas at Austin. He went on to earn his Charter Property Casualty Underwriters designation (CPCU). His local and national professional memberships include Colorado Concern, Colorado Forum, Assurex Global, Intersure (Past Chair), World Presidents鈥� Organization, Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (Past Chair), and World Broker Network.
His many recognitions include the National Philanthropy Day in Colorado 鈥淥utstanding Volunteer Fundraiser鈥� award (2002), the Partners in Philanthropy 鈥淐orporate Citizen of the Year鈥� award (2011), the Urban Legend Award (2018), the Most Admired CEO Award (2019), Metropolitan State University of Denver鈥檚 鈥淢arathon Award鈥� (2022), the Denver Business Journal鈥檚 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Award (2022), Visit Denver鈥檚 Hall of Fame Inductee (2023), and Insurance Business America鈥檚 Hall of Fame Honoree (2023).
He and his wife Molly reside in Denver and have three sons and one daughter.