Family and Personal Life
Mosbacher's brother was Emil "Bus" Mosbacher, Jr., who successfully defended the America's Cup as skipper of the Weatherly in 1962 and again in 1967 as skipper of the Intrepid.
Mosbacher was married four times. His first marriage ended in his wife's death from leukemia in 1970. His second and third (to the former Georgette Paulsin) ended in divorce; his last marriage of 10 years to Michele "Mica" Mosbacher (Mica McCutchen Duncan) ended in his death. He had four children with first wife, Jane Pennybacker: Diane "Dee" Mosbacher, Robert Mosbacher, Jr., Kathryn Mosbacher and Lisa Mosbacher Mears. Born Jewish, Mosbacher converted to Pennybacker's Presbyterian religion.
Robert Mosbacher, Jr., is a Houston businessman and a former Republican politician who headed the Overseas Private Investment Corporation in the administration of President George W. Bush. This agency is designed to assist economic growth in the private sector. He lost races for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate (1984), lieutenant governor (1990), and mayor of Houston (1997).
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