The List of Wells Fargo presidents includes those persons who have served as President of Wells Fargo since 1852. It includes the presidents of the express mail 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.
Presidents of Wells Fargo & Company Express Edwin Barber Morgan 1852-1853 Danford N. Barney 1853-1866 Louis McLane 1866-1869 Ashbel H. Barney 1869-1870 William Fargo 1870-1872 Lloyd Tevis 1872-1892 John J. Valentine, Sr. 1892-1901 Dudley Evans 1902-1910 William Sproule 1910-1911 Burns D. Caldwell 1911-1918
Presidents of Wells Fargo Bank
Nevada Bank Louis McLane 1875-1881 James Cair Flood 1881-1887 James Graham Fair 1887-1889 John William Mackay 1889-1891 Isaias W. Hellman 1891-1898
Nevada National Bank Isaias W. Hellman 1898-1905
Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank Isaias W. Hellman 1905-1920 Isaias W. Hellman Jr. 1920 Frederick L. Lipman 1920-1923
Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Company Frederick L. Lipman 1924-1935 Robert Bruce Motherwell II 1935-1943 Isaias W. Hellman III 1943-1954
Wells Fargo Bank Isaias W. Hellman III 1954-1960
Wells Fargo Bank American Trust Company Ransom M. Cook 1960-1962
Wells Fargo Bank Ransom M. Cook, 1962-1964 H. Stephen Chase, 1964-1966 Richard P. Cooley, 1966-1978 Carl E. Reichardt, 1978-1984 Paul Hazen, 1984-1995, 1997-1998 Richard Kovacevich, 1998-2007 John Stumpf, 2007-2016 Timothy J. Sloan, 2016-2019 C. Allen Parker (Interim), 2019-2019 Charles Scharf, 2019–present
References
See also History of Wells Fargo List of Wells Fargo directors