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EXHIBIT 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTORS
KNOW BY ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:
Each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Donald G. Fisher and
Anne B. Gust, each of them with power to act alone, his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to 1,000,000
shares of common stock issuable under The Gap, Inc. UK Employee Stock Purchase
Plan, and any and all amendments of such Registration Statement, including post-
effective amendments, and to file the same, together with exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises hereof, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might do or could do in person, thereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact or his or her substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
/s/ Adrian D.P. Bellamy Date: September 6, 2000
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Adrian D. P. Bellamy
/s/ Evan S. Dobelle Date: September 6, 2000
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Evan S. Dobelle
/s/ Millard S. Drexler Date: September 6, 2000
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Millard S. Drexler
/s/ Donald G. Fisher Date: September 6, 2000
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Donald G. Fisher
/s/ Doris F. Fisher Date: September 6, 2000
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Doris F. Fisher
/s/ Robert J. Fisher Date: September 6, 2000
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Robert J. Fisher
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/s/ Glenda A. Hatchett
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Glenda A. Hatchett
/s/ John M. Lillie Date: September 6, 2000
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John M. Lillie
/s/ Steven P. Jobs Date: September 6, 2000
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Steven P. Jobs
/s/ Charles R. Schwab Date: September 6, 2000
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Charles R. Schwab
/s/ Brooks Walker, Jr. Date: September 6, 2000
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Brooks Walker, Jr.
/s/ Sergio Zyman Date: September 6, 2000
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Sergio Zyman
