POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark B. Grier, Richard J. Carbone, C. Edward Chaplin and John M. Liftin, and each of them, severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of shares of common stock (the "Common Stock") of the Registrant to be issued in connection with the following employee plans: The Prudential Employee Savings Plan; The Prudential Securities Incorporated 401(k) Plan; The Prudential Insurance Company Deferred Compensation Plan and The Prudential Financial, Inc. Stock Option Plan; including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his name in his respective capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or officer of the Registrant, to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for each of the plans and/or such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate in respect of the Common Stock, to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), to any related Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of December 2001. /S/ ARTHUR F. RYAN -------------------------------------- Arthur F. Ryan Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark B. Grier, Richard J. Carbone, C. Edward Chaplin and John M. Liftin, and each of them, severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of shares of common stock (the "Common Stock") of the Registrant to be issued in connection with the following employee plans: The Prudential Employee Savings Plan; The Prudential Securities Incorporated 401(k) Plan; The Prudential Insurance Company Deferred Compensation Plan and The Prudential Financial, Inc. Stock Option Plan; including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his name in his respective capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or officer of the Registrant, to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for each of the plans and/or such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate in respect of the Common Stock, to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), to any related Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of December 2001. /S/ RICHARD J. CARBONE -------------------------------------- Richard J. Carbone Chief Financial Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark B. Grier, Richard J. Carbone, C. Edward Chaplin and John M. Liftin, and each of them, severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of shares of common stock (the "Common Stock") of the Registrant to be issued in connection with the following employee plans: The Prudential Employee Savings Plan; The Prudential Securities Incorporated 401(k) Plan; The Prudential Insurance Company Deferred Compensation Plan and The Prudential Financial, Inc. Stock Option Plan; including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his name in his respective capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or officer of the Registrant, to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for each of the plans and/or such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate in respect of the Common Stock, to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), to any related Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of December 2001. /S/ ANTHONY S. PISZEL -------------------------------------- Anthony S. Piszel Controller POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark B. Grier, Richard J. Carbone, C. Edward Chaplin and John M. Liftin, and each of them, severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of shares of common stock (the "Common Stock") of the Registrant to be issued in connection with the following employee plans: The Prudential Employee Savings Plan; The Prudential Securities Incorporated 401(k) Plan; The Prudential Insurance Company Deferred Compensation Plan and The Prudential Financial, Inc. Stock Option Plan; including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his name in his respective capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or officer of the Registrant, to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for each of the plans and/or such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate in respect of the Common Stock, to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), to any related Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of November 2001. /S/ FRANKLIN E. AGNEW -------------------------------------- Franklin E. Agnew Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark B. Grier, Richard J. Carbone, C. Edward Chaplin and John M. Liftin, and each of them, severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of shares of common stock (the "Common Stock") of the Registrant to be issued in connection with the following employee plans: The Prudential Employee Savings Plan; The Prudential Securities Incorporated 401(k) Plan; The Prudential Insurance Company Deferred Compensation Plan and The Prudential Financial, Inc. Stock Option Plan; including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his name in his respective capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or officer of the Registrant, to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for each of the plans and/or such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate in respect of the Common Stock, to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), to any related Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of November 2001. /S/ FREDERIC K. BECKER -------------------------------------- Frederic K. Becker Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark B. Grier, Richard J. Carbone, C. Edward Chaplin and John M. Liftin, and each of them, severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of shares of common stock (the "Common Stock") of the Registrant to be issued in connection with the following employee plans: The Prudential Employee Savings Plan; The Prudential Securities Incorporated 401(k) Plan; The Prudential Insurance Company Deferred Compensation Plan and The Prudential Financial, Inc. Stock Option Plan; including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his name in his respective capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or officer of the Registrant, to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for each of the plans and/or such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate in respect of the Common Stock, to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), to any related Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of November 2001. /S/ GILBERT F. CASELLAS -------------------------------------- Gilbert F. Casellas Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark B. Grier, Richard J. Carbone, C. Edward Chaplin and John M. Liftin, and each of them, severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of shares of common stock (the "Common Stock") of the Registrant to be issued in connection with the following employee plans: The Prudential Employee Savings Plan; The Prudential Securities Incorporated 401(k) Plan; The Prudential Insurance Company Deferred Compensation Plan and The Prudential Financial, Inc. Stock Option Plan; including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his name in his respective capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or officer of the Registrant, to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for each of the plans and/or such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate in respect of the Common Stock, to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), to any related Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of November 2001. /S/ JAMES G. CULLEN -------------------------------------- James G. Cullen Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark B. Grier, Richard J. Carbone, C. Edward Chaplin and John M. Liftin, and each of them, severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of shares of common stock (the "Common Stock") of the Registrant to be issued in connection with the following employee plans: The Prudential Employee Savings Plan; The Prudential Securities Incorporated 401(k) Plan; The Prudential Insurance Company Deferred Compensation Plan and The Prudential Financial, Inc. Stock Option Plan; including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his name in his respective capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or officer of the Registrant, to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for each of the plans and/or such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate in respect of the Common Stock, to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), to any related Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of November 2001. /S/ CAROLYNE K. DAVIS -------------------------------------- Carolyne K. Davis Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark B. Grier, Richard J. Carbone, C. Edward Chaplin and John M. Liftin, and each of them, severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of shares of common stock (the "Common Stock") of the Registrant to be issued in connection with the following employee plans: The Prudential Employee Savings Plan; The Prudential Securities Incorporated 401(k) Plan; The Prudential Insurance Company Deferred Compensation Plan and The Prudential Financial, Inc. Stock Option Plan; including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his name in his respective capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or officer of the Registrant, to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for each of the plans and/or such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate in respect of the Common Stock, to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), to any related Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of November 2001. /S/ ALLAN D. GILMOUR -------------------------------------- Allan D. Gilmour Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark B. Grier, Richard J. Carbone, C. Edward Chaplin and John M. Liftin, and each of them, severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of shares of common stock (the "Common Stock") of the Registrant to be issued in connection with the following employee plans: The Prudential Employee Savings Plan; The Prudential Securities Incorporated 401(k) Plan; The Prudential Insurance Company Deferred Compensation Plan and The Prudential Financial, Inc. Stock Option Plan; including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his name in his respective capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or officer of the Registrant, to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for each of the plans and/or such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate in respect of the Common Stock, to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), to any related Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of November 2001. /S/ WILLIAM H. GRAY, III -------------------------------------- William H. Gray, III Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark B. Grier, Richard J. Carbone, C. Edward Chaplin and John M. Liftin, and each of them, severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of shares of common stock (the "Common Stock") of the Registrant to be issued in connection with the following employee plans: The Prudential Employee Savings Plan; The Prudential Securities Incorporated 401(k) Plan; The Prudential Insurance Company Deferred Compensation Plan and The Prudential Financial, Inc. Stock Option Plan; including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his name in his respective capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or officer of the Registrant, to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for each of the plans and/or such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate in respect of the Common Stock, to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), to any related Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of November 2001. /S/ JON F. HANSON -------------------------------------- Jon F. Hanson Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark B. Grier, Richard J. Carbone, C. Edward Chaplin and John M. Liftin, and each of them, severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of shares of common stock (the "Common Stock") of the Registrant to be issued in connection with the following employee plans: The Prudential Employee Savings Plan; The Prudential Securities Incorporated 401(k) Plan; The Prudential Insurance Company Deferred Compensation Plan and The Prudential Financial, Inc. Stock Option Plan; including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his name in his respective capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or officer of the Registrant, to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for each of the plans and/or such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate in respect of the Common Stock, to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), to any related Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of November 2001. /S/ GLEN H. HINER -------------------------------------- Glen H. Hiner Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark B. Grier, Richard J. Carbone, C. Edward Chaplin and John M. Liftin, and each of them, severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of shares of common stock (the "Common Stock") of the Registrant to be issued in connection with the following employee plans: The Prudential Employee Savings Plan; The Prudential Securities Incorporated 401(k) Plan; The Prudential Insurance Company Deferred Compensation Plan and The Prudential Financial, Inc. Stock Option Plan; including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his name in his respective capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or officer of the Registrant, to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for each of the plans and/or such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate in respect of the Common Stock, to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), to any related Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of November 2001. /S/ CONSTANCE J. HORNER -------------------------------------- Constance J. Horner Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark B. Grier, Richard J. Carbone, C. Edward Chaplin and John M. Liftin, and each of them, severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of shares of common stock (the "Common Stock") of the Registrant to be issued in connection with the following employee plans: The Prudential Employee Savings Plan; The Prudential Securities Incorporated 401(k) Plan; The Prudential Insurance Company Deferred Compensation Plan and The Prudential Financial, Inc. Stock Option Plan; including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his name in his respective capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or officer of the Registrant, to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for each of the plans and/or such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate in respect of the Common Stock, to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), to any related Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of November 2001. /S/ GAYNOR N. KELLEY -------------------------------------- Gaynor N. Kelley Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark B. Grier, Richard J. Carbone, C. Edward Chaplin and John M. Liftin, and each of them, severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of shares of common stock (the "Common Stock") of the Registrant to be issued in connection with the following employee plans: The Prudential Employee Savings Plan; The Prudential Securities Incorporated 401(k) Plan; The Prudential Insurance Company Deferred Compensation Plan and The Prudential Financial, Inc. Stock Option Plan; including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his name in his respective capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or officer of the Registrant, to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for each of the plans and/or such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate in respect of the Common Stock, to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), to any related Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of November 2001. /S/ BURTON G. MALKIEL -------------------------------------- Burton G. Malkiel Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark B. Grier, Richard J. Carbone, C. Edward Chaplin and John M. Liftin, and each of them, severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of shares of common stock (the "Common Stock") of the Registrant to be issued in connection with the following employee plans: The Prudential Employee Savings Plan; The Prudential Securities Incorporated 401(k) Plan; The Prudential Insurance Company Deferred Compensation Plan and The Prudential Financial, Inc. Stock Option Plan; including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his name in his respective capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or officer of the Registrant, to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for each of the plans and/or such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate in respect of the Common Stock, to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), to any related Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of November 2001. /S/ CHARLES R. SITTER -------------------------------------- Charles R. Sitter Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark B. Grier, Richard J. Carbone, C. Edward Chaplin and John M. Liftin, and each of them, severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of shares of common stock (the "Common Stock") of the Registrant to be issued in connection with the following employee plans: The Prudential Employee Savings Plan; The Prudential Securities Incorporated 401(k) Plan; The Prudential Insurance Company Deferred Compensation Plan and The Prudential Financial, Inc. Stock Option Plan; including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his name in his respective capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or officer of the Registrant, to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for each of the plans and/or such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate in respect of the Common Stock, to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), to any related Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 4th day of December 2001. /S/ DONALD L. STAHELI -------------------------------------- Donald L. Staheli Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark B. Grier, Richard J. Carbone, C. Edward Chaplin and John M. Liftin, and each of them, severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of shares of common stock (the "Common Stock") of the Registrant to be issued in connection with the following employee plans: The Prudential Employee Savings Plan; The Prudential Securities Incorporated 401(k) Plan; The Prudential Insurance Company Deferred Compensation Plan and The Prudential Financial, Inc. Stock Option Plan; including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his name in his respective capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or officer of the Registrant, to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for each of the plans and/or such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate in respect of the Common Stock, to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), to any related Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 4th day of December 2001. /S/ RICHARD M. THOMSON -------------------------------------- Richard M. Thomson Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark B. Grier, Richard J. Carbone, C. Edward Chaplin and John M. Liftin, and each of them, severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of shares of common stock (the "Common Stock") of the Registrant to be issued in connection with the following employee plans: The Prudential Employee Savings Plan; The Prudential Securities Incorporated 401(k) Plan; The Prudential Insurance Company Deferred Compensation Plan and The Prudential Financial, Inc. Stock Option Plan; including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his name in his respective capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or officer of the Registrant, to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for each of the plans and/or such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate in respect of the Common Stock, to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), to any related Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of November 2001. /S/ JAMES A. UNRUH -------------------------------------- James A. Unruh Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark B. Grier, Richard J. Carbone, C. Edward Chaplin and John M. Liftin, and each of them, severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of shares of common stock (the "Common Stock") of the Registrant to be issued in connection with the following employee plans: The Prudential Employee Savings Plan; The Prudential Securities Incorporated 401(k) Plan; The Prudential Insurance Company Deferred Compensation Plan and The Prudential Financial, Inc. Stock Option Plan; including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his name in his respective capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or officer of the Registrant, to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for each of the plans and/or such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate in respect of the Common Stock, to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), to any related Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of November 2001. /S/ PINDAROS R. VAGELOS -------------------------------------- Pindaros R. Vagelos Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark B. Grier, Richard J. Carbone, C. Edward Chaplin and John M. Liftin, and each of them, severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of shares of common stock (the "Common Stock") of the Registrant to be issued in connection with the following employee plans: The Prudential Employee Savings Plan; The Prudential Securities Incorporated 401(k) Plan; The Prudential Insurance Company Deferred Compensation Plan and The Prudential Financial, Inc. Stock Option Plan; including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his name in his respective capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or officer of the Registrant, to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for each of the plans and/or such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate in respect of the Common Stock, to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), to any related Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of November 2001. /S/ STANLEY C. VAN NESS -------------------------------------- Stanley C. Van Ness Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark B. Grier, Richard J. Carbone, C. Edward Chaplin and John M. Liftin, and each of them, severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of shares of common stock (the "Common Stock") of the Registrant to be issued in connection with the following employee plans: The Prudential Employee Savings Plan; The Prudential Securities Incorporated 401(k) Plan; The Prudential Insurance Company Deferred Compensation Plan and The Prudential Financial, Inc. Stock Option Plan; including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his name in his respective capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or officer of the Registrant, to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for each of the plans and/or such other form or forms as may be appropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate in respect of the Common Stock, to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), to any related Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of November 2001. /S/ PAUL A. VOLCKER -------------------------------------- Paul A. Volcker Director