EXHIBIT 24.1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, Zapata Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the "COMPANY") intends
to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "COMMISSION") under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "ACT"), a Registration Statement on Form
S-8 for the registration of five million additional securities of the same class
as other securities for which a Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to
the Company's 1996 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "PLAN") is effective
(Registration No. 333.43223) (the "FORM S-8") pursuant to the Act and the Rules
and Regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder;

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  the  undersigned in the capacity of a director,
     officer or both a director  and  officer of the  Company,  as the
     case may be, does hereby appoint  Leonard DiSalvo as his true and
     lawful   attorney   or   attorney-in-fact   with  full  power  of
     substitution  and  resubstitution,  to execute in his name, place
     and stead, in his capacity as director,  officer or both, as the
     case may be, the Form S-8 and any and all documents  necessary or
     incidental in connection therewith, including without limitation,
     any  amendments  to the Form  S-8,  and to file the same with the
     Commission.  Said  attorney-in-fact  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 confirming the acts
     that said attorney-in-fact or his substitutes or substitute,  may
     lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as
of the 20th day of July, 2000.

                                   /s/ AVRAM A. GLAZER
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                                   Avram A. Glazer

                                   /s/ WARREN H. GFELLER
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                                   Warren H. Gfeller

                                   /s/ BRYAN G. GLAZER
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                                   Bryan G. Glazer

                                   /s/ EDWARD S. GLAZER
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                                   Edward S. Glazer

                                   /s/ MALCOLM I. GLAZER
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                                   Malcolm I. Glazer

                                   /s/ ROBERT V. LEFFLER, JR.
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                                   Robert V. Leffler, Jr.