Before retiring, Zanow was the owner of Zanow's Concrete and Quarries, a concrete business founded by his father Viv (1927/28−2020).[1][2] Zanow owned quarries in Coominya, Fernvale and North Boovla, which were all damaged in the 2011 Queensland floods.[3] The damage from the floods cost him an estimated $9 million.[4][5]
As of March 2024, he was the president of the Ipswich Show Society.[6][7]
On 16 April 2024 − the day he was formally sworn into parliament − Zanow was diagnosed with Microvascular Ischemic Disease, an incurable brain disease.[10] He made his diagnosis public on 12 July and announced he would not contest the 2024 Queensland state election in October.[11]
^"Ipswich loses giant of the quarry business". The Courier Mail. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2024. Viv Zanow passed away with family by his side on Tuesday morning, aged 92 years [...] It ended what son Darren Zanow said was 'a great innings' for the founder of Zanow's Concrete and Quarries.
^MacDonald, Andrew (16 April 2011). "Wivenhoe updates minimised damage". The Courier Mail. Archived from the original on 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024. THE damage bill for quarry owner Darren Zanow's three worksites hit $9 million after January's floods.
^"Hands 'tied' on water release". The Australian. 16 April 2011. Archived from the original on 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024. The inquiry also heard from quarry owner Darren Zanow, who blamed releases for flooding at his Brisbane Valley and Ipswich properties that cost an estimated $9 million.
