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Also known as Robert Bruce Zoellick

11th President of the World Bank Group

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Robert Bruce Zoellick is an American banker, politician, economist, and adviser. Born in Naperville in 1953, he is a member of the Republican Party. His educational background includes studies at Swarthmore College, the John F. Kennedy School of Government, and Harvard Law School, where he earned a Doctor of Laws degree. He has served as the United States Deputy Secretary of State and President of the World Bank Group.

Zoellick has worked in the fields of politics, diplomacy, international relations, and international economic relations. He is affiliated with the Trilateral Commission and the Phi Beta Kappa Society. His professional history includes employment at Goldman Sachs. He is a Lutheran and speaks English.

As an author, Zoellick has written the work *Riding the Tigers*.

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  • Riding the Tigers

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Key facts

Preceded by
Paul Wolfowitz
Succeeded by
Jim Yong Kim
President
George W. Bush
Born
Robert Bruce Zoellick , ( 1953-07-25 ) July 25, 1953 (age 72) , Evergreen Park , Illinois , U.S.
Party
Republican
Spouse
Sherry Ferguson
Education
Swarthmore College ( BA ), Harvard University ( JD , MPP )

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Encyclopedic overview

Robert Bruce Zoellick (/ˈzɛlɪk/; German: [ˈtsœlɪk]; born July 25, 1953) is an American lawyer and government official who was the 11th president of the World Bank Group from 2007 to 2012. He was previously chairman of international advisors at Goldman Sachs from 2006 to 2007, United States Deputy Secretary of State from 2005 to 2006, and U.S. Trade Representative from 2001 to 2005. Prior to those posts, from 1985 to 2001, he served in the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, and the presidential campaign of George W. Bush, in addition to positions in various think tanks and academia.

Zoellick has been a senior fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs since ending his term with the World Bank in 2012. Since 2017, he has been a Senior Counselor at Brunswick Group.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Robert Zoellick” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.