COMPANY

Founded 18 March 1852 in San Francisco and Sacramento, California by Henry Wells and William Fargo, who had also founded American Express. Acquired by Norwest (Northwest Bank Corporation) in 1998, which assumed the name Wells Fargo.

Official Website:
http://www.wellsfargo.com/

Industry:
Banking

Ticker:
NYSE:WFC

Corporate headquarters:
San Francisco, CA

Sales:
$31.8B (2003)

Employees:
140,000 (2003)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William F. Aldinger	Business	1947		CEO of Household International, 1994-2003
Howard I. Atkins	Business	c. 1950		CFO of Wells Fargo
Leslie S. Biller	Business	c. 1948		COO of Wells Fargo, 1998-2002
William Fargo	Business	20-May-1818	3-Aug-1881	Co-Founder, American Express & Wells Fargo
Christine N. Garvey	Business	c. 1945		Retired real estate executive
Jerry A. Grundhofer	Business	1945		CEO of US Bancorp, 2001-06
Paul Hazen	Business	1941		CEO of Wells Fargo Bank, 1995-98
Isaias W. Hellman	Business	3-Oct-1842	9-Apr-1920	Los Angeles banker
Robert L. Joss	Educator	c. 1941		Dean, Stanford Business School
Richard Kovacevich	Business	30-Oct-1943		CEO of Wells Fargo
Frank N. Newman	Business	20-Apr-1942		CEO of Bankers Trust, 1996-99
Carl E. Reichardt	Business	c. 1934		CEO of Wells Fargo Bank, 1983-94
John G. Stumpf	Business	c. 1954		President and COO of Wells Fargo

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John S. Chen	Business	1-Jul-1955		CEO of Sybase
Lloyd H. Dean	Business	c. 1951		CEO of Catholic Healthcare West
Susan E. Engel	Business	c. 1946		CEO of Lenox Group, 1996-2007
Enrique Hernandez, Jr.	Business	2-Nov-1955		Inter-Con Security Systems
Robert L. Joss	Educator	c. 1941		Dean, Stanford Business School
Richard Kovacevich	Business	30-Oct-1943		CEO of Wells Fargo
Richard D. McCormick	Business	4-Jul-1940		CEO of US West, 1992-98
Cynthia H. Milligan	Educator	c. 1947		Dean, UNL College of Business Administration
Nicholas G. Moore	Business	c. 1942		CEO of PWC USA, 1998-2000
Philip J. Quigley	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Pacific Telesis, 1994-97
Donald B. Rice	Business	4-Jun-1939		Secretary of the USAF, 1989-93
Judith M. Runstad	Attorney	c. 1944		Former Partner, Foster Pepper
Stephen W. Sanger	Business	10-Apr-1946		CEO of General Mills, 1995-2007
John G. Stumpf	Business	c. 1954		President and COO of Wells Fargo
Susan G. Swenson	Business	c. 1949		CEO of T-Mobile USA, 2004-05
Michael W. Wright	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Supervalu, 1981-2001

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
H. Jesse Arnelle	Attorney	30-Dec-1933		Partner, Arnelle & Hastie
Leslie S. Biller	Business	c. 1948		COO of Wells Fargo, 1998-2002
J. A. Blanchard III	Business	c. 1943		CEO of eFunds, 2000-02
Michael R. Bowlin	Business	20-Feb-1943		CEO of ARCO, 1994-2000
David A. Christensen	Business	c. 1935		CEO of Raven Industries, 1971-2000
Leonard K. Firestone	Business	10-Jun-1907	24-Dec-1996	US Ambassador to Belgium, 1974-77
Paul Hazen	Business	1941		CEO of Wells Fargo Bank, 1995-98
Reatha Clark King	Business	11-Apr-1938		President of Metropolitan State, 1977-88
Carl E. Reichardt	Business	c. 1934		CEO of Wells Fargo Bank, 1983-94
John A. Young	Business	24-Apr-1932		CEO of Hewlett Packard, 1978-92
James David Zellerbach	Business	17-Jan-1892	1963	US Ambassador to Italy, 1957-60

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Lewis W. Coleman	Business	c. 1943		President, Dreamworks Animation SKG
Patricia Dunn	Business	27-Mar-1953		Hewlett Packard chair, 2005-06
Leslie T. Schilling	Business	?		Union Square Investments Company

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Lorraine Hunt	Politician	11-Mar-1939		Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
William F. Sharpe	Economist	16-Jun-1934		Capital asset pricing model

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