A 25-year-old found a failed mining town, got brushed off by golf's best developer and kept buying land. Cabot's resulting playbook - destination golf first, hospitality and homes second - now stretches from Cape Breton to Saint Lucia, Scotland, Florida, France and Norway.
While the biggest names in hospitality sell their real estate and collect franchise fees, Omni keeps the keys - about 50 hotels, 23,000 employees, and a century-old bet that owning the building still matters.