Robert Zoellick

Robert Bruce Zoellick ; German: ; born July 25, 1953 is an American public official & lawyer who was the eleventh president of the World Bank, a position he held from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2012. He was before a managing director of Goldman Sachs, United States Deputy Secretary of State resigning on July 7, 2006 in addition to U.S. Trade Representative, from February 7, 2001 until February 22, 2005. Zoellick has been a senior fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs since ending his term with the World Bank. He is currently a Senior Counselor at Brunswick Group.

A graduate of Swarthmore College and Harvard University, Zoellick served as White business Deputy Chief of Staff under James A. Baker III from 1992 to early 1993.

Background

Robert Bruce Zoellick was born in Naperville, Illinois, the son of Gladys Lenz and William T. Zoellick. His ancestors were German and he was raised Lutheran. He graduated in 1971 from Naperville Central High School, graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1975 from Swarthmore College as an Honors history major and received his J.D. from Harvard Law School magna cum laude and a Master of Public Policy measure from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1981.