Awards & Recognition
★President Barack Obama appointed him to President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans (2014)
★$30 million retention award from Wells Fargo board recognizing transformation leadership (2025)
★$40 million total compensation for 2025 - highest among major bank CEOs that year
★Recognition as banking industry's highest-paid CEO in 2019 at $36.4 million
Notable Facts
→Chairman and CEO of Wells Fargo since October 2019, appointed Chairman in October 2025
→Previously CEO of Visa Inc. (2012-2016) and Bank of New York Mellon (2017-2019)
→Protégé of Jamie Dimon, worked at JPMorgan Chase for over a decade in senior roles
→Successfully lifted Wells Fargo's $1.95 trillion Federal Reserve asset cap in June 2025
→Board member of Microsoft Corporation since 2014
→Member of The Business Council and Vice Chair of Bank Policy Institute
→Led Wells Fargo through major regulatory transformation, resolved 13 consent orders
→Wikipedia page and extensive media coverage of banking career spanning 30+ years