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Wells Fargo, "Charlie Scharf Biography – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer"

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A Wells Fargo biography of Charlie Scharf, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Wells Fargo & Company. It states that Scharf has been Chief Executive Officer and a board member since October 2019 and became Chairman of the Board of Directors in October 2025. It lists earlier roles as chief executive officer of Bank of New York Mellon from July 2017 to September 2019 and of Visa Inc. from November 2012 to December 2016, and positions at JPMorgan Chase, Bank One Corp., Citigroup and Salomon Smith Barney. It also names degrees from Johns Hopkins University and New York University and a directorship at Microsoft Corporation.

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“Wells Fargo, ‘Charlie Scharf Biography – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.’” Original at www.wellsfargo.com. Archived at Pandemic Darlings on 2026-10-02, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/wells-fargo-charlie-scharf-biography-chairman-and-chief-executive-offi-1b4d2b1640/, SHA-256 ba2be42c257387ebd61e43020c60ae21962b8de00e5dd69e101f53047c247996.

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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Wells Fargo & Company

Charlie Scharf has been Chief Executive Officer of Wells Fargo & Company, and a member of its Board of Directors, since October 2019. Charlie became Chairman of the Board of Directors in October 2025.

A financial services veteran with more than 30 years of experience in leadership roles in the banking and payments industries, Charlie served as chief executive officer of Bank of New York Mellon from July 2017 to September 2019 and the chairman of its board from January 2018 to September 2019. He also was chief executive officer and a director of Visa Inc. from November 2012 to December 2016.

Previously, he was a managing director of One Equity Partners at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and chief executive officer of Retail Financial Services at JPMorgan Chase. He also was chief executive officer of the retail division of Bank One Corp., chief financial officer of Bank One Corp., chief financial officer of the Global Corporate and Investment Bank division of Citigroup, and chief financial officer of Salomon Smith Barney and its predecessor company.

Charlie earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University and an MBA from New York University.

He is a director of Microsoft Corporation and is a member of The Business Council. He lives in New York City.

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