POWER OF ATTORNEY


         I, Robert T. Zito, Senior Vice President, Chief Communications
Officer, of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, in the United States of
America, and having its principal place of business at 345 Park Avenue,
New York, New York, do hereby constitute and appoint each of Sandra Leung,
Sonia Vora and Katherine Kelly individually, as my lawful attorney-in-fact
and in my name, place and stead to execute and deliver any and all documents
relating to insider reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, including, without limitation, the execution and filing
of all Forms 3, 4 and 5, and to take such other action, as such attorney
considers necessary or appropriate, to effectuate such transactions until such
time as I am no longer an officer of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Power of Attorney on this 31st
day of May 2007.



                                                /s/ Robert T. Zito
                                                Robert T. Zito