Company Profile
Wells Fargo & Company
Company Overview
About Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.9 trillion in assets. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through more than 8,300 locations, 13,000 ATMs, the internet (wellsfargo.com) and mobile banking, and has offices in 42 countries and territories to support customers who conduct business in the global economy. With approximately 263,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 25 on Fortune’s 2017 rankings of America’s largest corporations. News, insights and perspectives from Wells Fargo are also available at Wells Fargo Stories.
Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially.
We firmly believe our team members’ diverse skills, talents, and experience are what help us stand out in the marketplace. And we foster our people with training programs and opportunities that support individual growth and build strong teams.
We are currently hiring in many areas our company, including the following business lines:
Community Banking
Consumer Lending
Enterprise Functions (Finance, Audit, Risk Mgmt., Legal, HR, Marketing, Technology and more)
Payments, Virtual Solutions and Innovation
Wealth & Investment Management
Wells Fargo Advisors
Wholesale Banking - Commercial Banking, Business Banking, Insurance and Investment Banking
Join the Wells Fargo team — visit our talent community at wellsfargojobs.com today.
Connect with us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Relevant military experience is considered for veterans and transitioning service men and women. Wells Fargo is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/ Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation. © 2018 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. All rights reserved.
Company History
1. When was Wells Fargo founded? March 18, 1852, in New York City.
2. Who were the founders? Henry Wells, William G. Fargo, and associates.
3. When did they open for business and where? July 13, 1852 in San Francisco and Sacramento, California.
4. When did Wells Fargo become a bank? Since the beginning, in 1852.
The name Wells Fargo is forever linked with the image of a six-horse stagecoach thundering across the American West, loaded with gold. The full history - over more than 160 years - is rich in detail, includes great events in America’s history, and is nationwide and international.
Since 1852 - From the Gold Rush to the early 20th Century, Wells Fargo earned a reputation of trust by dealing rapidly and responsibly with people’s money and goods, offering both banking and express delivery.
Modern Times - In prosperity, depression and war, even greater post-war prosperity, social changes, and ever faster communications technologies, Wells Fargo’s attention to customers’ business saw it through and brought success.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
Wells Fargo is ranked No. 9 on DiversityInc’s 2017 Top 50 Companies for Diversity, the 17th consecutive year the magazine has listed us among its top 50.
We were also named one of the top companies for LGBT team members, No. 13 on the magazine’s list of Top 15 Companies for Veterans, and No. 10 among its Top 13 Companies for Diversity Councils by DiversityInc.
Wells Fargo was also named one of 2017’s Best Places to Work by scoring 100% on the Disability Equality Index (DEI).