Robert Mosbacher, Jr.

Nominated by President George W. Bush, Robert Mosbacher, Jr., was sworn in as the ninth President and Chief Executive Officer of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) in October 2005. He served until early 2010.

From 1986 to 2005, Mosbacher was President and CEO of Mosbacher Energy Company of Houston, Texas, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company. He was also Vice Chairman of Mosbacher Power Group, an independent electric power developer, which began in 1995, and was sold in 2003. Mosbacher has also served as Chairman of the Board of the Methodist Hospital, the Salvation Army, Center for Houston's Future, Trust for an Early Education, and the Greater Houston Area Chapter of the American Red Cross, all in Houston. He is founder and former co-Chairman of Rebuilding Together Houston (formerly PSI HomeSavers), which organizes volunteers to deliver free exterior home repairs and has resulted in the repair of over 5,000 houses for qualified low-income elderly or disabled Houstonians. He has also served on the boards of South Texas College of Law, Chase Bank, the Society for the Performing Arts in Houston and as chairman of PreSchool for All. Mosbacher served as Chairman of the Board of the Greater Houston Partnership, a private, nonprofit organization that serves as the city’s chamber of commerce. He also served as Chairman of the Partnership’s Health Care Advisory Committee, and member and former Chairman of its Education & Workforce Advisory Committee.

Mosbacher currently serves on the Boards of Devon Energy, Calpine Corporation, Council of the Americas, Council on Foreign Relations, and the Institute for Global Development.

Mosbacher received his law degree from Southern Methodist University and his bachelor's degree from Georgetown University, as did his daughter Jane, who currently works at the U.S. Department of State's Office of Counter Terrorism. His other daughter, Meredith, currently attends Brown University. His son, Peter, who graduated from Brown University and then University of Chicago graduate school, currently works for NASA. He is the son of Robert A. Mosbacher.

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