 According to "Revelation X; The "Bob" Apocryphon", "Bob" was born in Dallas, Texas, to Xinucha-Chi-Xan M. Dobbs (a pharmacist) and Jane McBride Dobbs.At an early age, he possessed a talent for making large amounts of money by playing the stock market over the telephone.He married his wife Connie in Las Vegas in 1955 and worked as a photographer's model while inventing and patenting novelty gag items.