The List of Wells Fargo presidents includes those persons who have served as President of
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational financial services company with corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California; operational headquarters in Manhattan; and managerial offices throughout the United States and intern ...
since 1852. It includes the presidents of the
express mail
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company from 1852 to 1918 and of the Wells Fargo Bank, which was separated from the express company in 1905 and merged with the Nevada National Bank to form the Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank - the lineal ancestor of the present
Wells Fargo Bank
Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational financial services company with corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California; operational headquarters in Manhattan; and managerial offices throughout the United States and inter ...
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Presidents of Wells Fargo & Company Express
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Edwin Barber Morgan
Edwin Barber Morgan (May 2, 1806 – October 13, 1881) was an entrepreneur and politician from the Finger Lakes region of western New York. He was the first president of Wells Fargo & Company, founder of the United States Express Company, and di ...
1852-1853
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Danford N. Barney 1853-1866
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Louis McLane
Louis McLane (May 28, 1786 – October 7, 1857) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware, and Baltimore, Maryland. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, a member of the Federalist Party and later th ...
1866-1869
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Ashbel H. Barney
Ashbel Holmes Barney (September 2, 1816 – December 27, 1886) was an American banker and expressman who served as president of Wells Fargo & Company in 1869-1870.
Early life
Barney was born on September 2, 1816 at Adams, New York in Jefferson C ...
1869-1870
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William Fargo
William George Fargo (May 20, 1818August 3, 1881) was a pioneer American expressman who helped found the modern-day financial firms of American Express Company and Wells Fargo with his business partner, Henry Wells. He was also the 27th Mayor ...
1870-1872
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Lloyd Tevis
Lloyd Tevis (March 20, 1824 – July 24, 1899) was a banker and capitalist who served as president of Wells Fargo & Company from 1872 to 1892.
Early life
Lloyd Tevis was born in Shelbyville, Kentucky, the son of Samuel and Sarah (née Greathouse) ...
1872-1892
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John J. Valentine, Sr. 1892-1901
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Dudley Evans 1902-1910
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William Sproule
William Sproule (1858 – January 1, 1935) was president of the Wells Fargo Express Company and later the Southern Pacific Railroad
The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials- SP) was an American Class I railroad network that ...
1910-1911
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Burns D. Caldwell 1911-1918
Presidents of Wells Fargo Bank
Nevada Bank
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Louis McLane
Louis McLane (May 28, 1786 – October 7, 1857) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware, and Baltimore, Maryland. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, a member of the Federalist Party and later th ...
1875-1881
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James Cair Flood
James Clair Flood (October 25, 1826 – February 21, 1889) was an American businessman who made a fortune thanks to the Comstock Lode in Nevada. His mining operations are recounted to this day as an outstanding example of what may be done with a ...
1881-1887
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James Graham Fair
James Graham Fair (December 3, 1831December 28, 1894) was an Irish immigrant to the United States who became a highly successful mining engineer and businessman. His investments in silver mines in Nevada made him a millionaire, and he was one o ...
1887-1889
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John William Mackay
John William Mackay (November 28, 1831 – July 20, 1902) was an Irish-American industrialist. Mackay was one of the four Bonanza Kings, a partnership which capitalised on the wealth generated by the silver mines at the Comstock Lode. He al ...
1889-1891
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Isaias W. Hellman 1891-1898
Nevada National Bank
*Isaias W. Hellman 1898-1905
Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank
*Isaias W. Hellman 1905-1920
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Isaias W. Hellman Jr.
Isaias William Hellman (March 30, 1871 – May 10, 1920) was an American banker who served as president of the Union Trust Company and, briefly, of Wells Fargo Bank shortly before his death.
Early life
Hellman, who went by Marco, was born on Marc ...
1920
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Frederick L. Lipman 1920-1923
Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Company
*Frederick L. Lipman 1924-1935
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Robert Bruce Motherwell II
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...
1935-1943
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Isaias W. Hellman III 1943-1954
Wells Fargo Bank
*Isaias W. Hellman III 1954-1960
Wells Fargo Bank American Trust Company
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Ransom M. Cook 1960-1962
Wells Fargo Bank
*Ransom M. Cook, 1962-1964
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H. Stephen Chase, 1964-1966
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Richard P. Cooley, 1966-1978
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Carl E. Reichardt, 1978-1984
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Paul Hazen, 1984-1995, 1997-1998
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Richard Kovacevich, 1998-2007
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John Stumpf
John Gerard Stumpf (born September 15, 1953) is an American business executive and retail banker. He was the chairman and chief executive officer of Wells Fargo, one of the Big Four banks of the United States. He was named CEO in June 2007, elect ...
, 2007-2016
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Timothy J. Sloan
Timothy J. Sloan (born 1959/60) is an American banker. He was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Wells Fargo from October 2016 until he resigned in March 2019, after significant pressure related to an ongoing controversy related to an account ...
, 2016-2019
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C. Allen Parker (Interim), 2019-2019
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Charles Scharf
Charles "Charlie" W. Scharf (born April 24, 1965) is an American investment banker and business executive who serves as the chief executive officer and president of Wells Fargo. He was previously the CEO of Visa Inc. and BNY Mellon, and has been ...
, 2019-present
References
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See also
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History of Wells Fargo
This article outlines the history of Wells Fargo & Company from its merger with Norwest Corporation and beyond. The new company chose to retain the name of "Wells Fargo" and so this article is about the history after the merger.
Acquisitions in 1 ...
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List of Wells Fargo directors
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