- Company type
- Public
- Traded as
- NYSE : WFC S&P 100 component S&P 500 component
- Isin
- US9497461015
- Industry
- Financial services
- Predecessors
- Norwest Corporation Wells Fargo (1852–1998)
- Founded
- January 24, 1929 (97 years ago) ( 1929-01-24 ) in Minneapolis, Minnesota , U.S. (as Northwest Bancorporation), April 1983 (as Norwest Corporation ), November 2, 1998 (as Wells Fargo & Company)
- Founders
- Henry Wells William Fargo (Wells Fargo Bank)
- Headquarters
- San Francisco , California, U.S. (corporate) , 30 Hudson Yards , New York City , U.S. (executive)
- Number of locations
- 4,090 branches (2025) 11,000 ATMs (2025)
- Area served
- Worldwide
- Key people
- Steven Black ( chairman ) Charles Scharf ( president and CEO )