EGL, INC.

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  WHEREAS, the undersigned, in his or her capacity as a
director or officer or both, as the case may be, of EGL, Inc., a Texas
corporation (the "Company"), may be required to file (a) Forms 3, 4 and 5
("Section 16 Forms") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively,
the "Exchange Act"), in connection with the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities of the Company, and (b) one or more Form 144s ("Form
144s" and, together with Section 16 Forms, the "Forms") with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 144 ("Rule 144") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the "Securities
Act"), in connection with the undersigned's transactions in securities of the
Company;

                  NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his or her capacity as a
director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, does hereby
appoint Elijio V. Serrano and Rishi A. Varma, each of them severally, as his or
her true and lawful attorney-in-fact or attorneys-in-fact and agent or agents
with power to act with or without the other and with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, to execute in his or her name, place and stead, in his or
her capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the
Company, Forms and any and all amendments thereto and any and all instruments
necessary or incidental in connection therewith, if any, and to file the same
with the Commission, any stock exchange and any other self-regulatory
organization or similar authority. Each said attorney-in-fact and agent shall
have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of
the undersigned in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or
desirable to be done in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby
ratifying and approving the acts of said attorney. The powers and authority of
each said attorney-in-fact and agent herein granted shall remain in full force
and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned by giving written notice of such revocation
to the Company. The undersigned acknowledges that the said attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act or Rule 144
under the Securities Act.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
instrument this 12th day of May, 2003.


                                                 /s/ Elijio Serrano
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                                              Name:  Elijio Serrano