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Acquisitions in 1999–2000. Continuing the Norwest tradition of making numerous smaller acquisitions each year, Wells Fargo acquired 13 companies during 1999 with total assets of $2.4 billion. The largest of these was the February purchase of Brownsville, Texas -based Mercantile Financial Enterprises, Inc., which had $779 million in assets.
Map of Wells Fargo branches in August 2015 Wells Fargo branch in Berkeley, California A former Wachovia branch converted to Wells Fargo in the fall of 2011 in Durham, North Carolina American Express Co. early receipts (1853, 1869) Stagecoach with Christmas gifts at a Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco Wells Fargo & Co. Express building circa 1860, Stockton, California Mud wagon — Wells Fargo U ...
Wells Fargo (1852–1998) Acquired by Norwest Corporation and merged to create the current Wells Fargo & Company. Wells Fargo was an American banking company based in San Francisco, California, that was acquired by Norwest Corporation in 1998. During the California Gold Rush in early 1848 at Sutter's Mill near Coloma, California, financiers and ...
William George Fargo was born in Pompey in Onondaga County, New York, on May 20, 1818. [ 1] He was the eldest of twelve children of William C. Fargo (1791–1878) and Stacy Chappel Strong (1799–1869). His younger brother was James Congdell Strong Fargo (1829–1915), president of the American Express Company for 30 years.
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 ...
Henry Wells(December 12, 1805 – December 10, 1878) was an American businessman important in the history of both the American Express Companyand Wells Fargo & Company.[1] Wells worked as a freight agent before joining the express business. His companies, which were the predecessors of American Express and Wells Fargo, competed with the United ...
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Leland Stanford. Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824 – June 21, 1893) was an American attorney, industrialist, philanthropist, and Republican Party politician from California. He served as the 8th Governor of California from 1862 to 1863 and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1885 until his death in 1893.