#63 Robert B. Zoellick
President
World Bank
U.S.
Age: 56
Bush nominee replaced Paul Wolfowitz as president of World Bank in 2007; through 2012 will oversee institution with 10,000 employees, 186 member countries and annual lending in excess of $25 billion. Stated mission: Reduce poverty and encourage development in middle-income and creditworthy poor countries. Critics see economic imperialism, instrument of U.S. foreign policy.
