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Ben Cowan-Dewar

Co-founder & CEO, Cabot

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Ben Cowan-Dewar co-founded Cabot, the Toronto company that develops and operates destination golf resorts, and is its chief executive. After visiting a stretch of coastline in Inverness, Nova Scotia in 2004, Cowan-Dewar teamed up with Bandon Dunes founder Mike Keiser to build Cabot Links, which opened in 2012 and grew into Cabot Cape Breton.

Ben hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Ben co-founded Cabot.

Around the web ×5

Interview
Ben Cowan-Dewar riffs on Cabot's latest grand opening, golf travel and moreGOLF.com
2025
Article
How Ben Cowan-Dewar built Cabot's growing golf empireGolfPass
2024
Interview
THE GBN INTERVIEW: Ben Cowan-Dewar, CEO of CabotGolf Business News
2023
Interview
The Visionary Behind the Cabot Brand: Q&A Ben Cowan-DewarLinksNation
2023
Podcast
Ben Cowan-Dewar on Founding Cabot and Becoming a Golf Course DeveloperThe Fried Egg Golf Podcast
2022

Quick answers

Did Ben Cowan-Dewar co-found Cabot?

Yes. Cabot's about page, read on 2026-09-24, lists Cowan-Dewar as Co-Founder and CEO and says the company's story began when Cowan-Dewar visited the Inverness, Nova Scotia coastline in 2004. Golf Business News also described Cowan-Dewar as Cabot's co-founder and CEO on 2023-09-11.

How did Cabot get started?

GolfPass reported on 2024-05-01 that Cowan-Dewar had been a golf tour operator before the 2012 debut of Cabot Links in Cape Breton, and that Bandon Dunes founder Mike Keiser has been a key mentor and investor. GOLF.com wrote on 2025-02-10 that Cowan-Dewar teamed up with Keiser in 2011 to open Cabot Links.

Where is Cowan-Dewar based?

Toronto. GolfPass reported on 2024-05-01 that Cowan-Dewar looks for new sites reachable from an office in Toronto, and LinksNation wrote on 2023-03-13 that Cowan-Dewar grew up in eastern Ontario and spoke to them from Cabot's Toronto offices.

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