WCornelius C. Beekman was a Wells-Fargo Express agent and banker in Jacksonville, Oregon, United States. He is the namesake of the Cornelius C. Beekman House and the Beekman Native Plant Arboretum.
WJohn Butterfield (1801–1869) was a transportation pioneer in the mid-19th century in the American Northwest and Southwest. He founded many companies, including American Express which is still in operation today. The Butterfield Overland Mail Company was the longest stagecoach line in the world. The line operated from 1858 to 1861 on the Southern Overland Trail and established an important connection between the new state of California and the government and economy of the contiguous eastern states.
WBenjamin Pierce Cheney was an American businessman, and a founder of the firm that became American Express.
WDan Clute represented the 59th District in the Iowa House of Representatives 2007–2009. He received his BBA (1988) and MBA from the University of Iowa, and is Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer at Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines.
WCharles Frederick Crocker was vice president of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
WElizabeth "Betsy" Ashburn Duke is an American bank executive, most notable for being a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States from 2008 through 2013. She was confirmed by the Senate June 27, 2008 to fill an unexpired term ending January 31, 2012. She was the seventh woman to be appointed to the board. In July 2013 she announced her resignation from the board.
WWilliam George Fargo was a pioneer American expressman who helped found the modern-day financial firms of American Express Company and Wells Fargo with his business partner, Henry Wells. He was also the 27th Mayor of Buffalo, serving from 1862 until 1866 during the U.S. Civil War.
WIsaias Wolf Hellman was a German-born American banker and philanthropist, and a founding father of the University of Southern California.
WEnrique Hernandez Jr. is an American lawyer and business executive. He is president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc., and a director of Wells Fargo & Company. He has been the non-executive chairman of McDonald's since May 2016, and a director since 1996.
WWilliam Franklin Herrin was an American lawyer, businessman, banker and real estate developer.
WCharles H. Noski has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Wells Fargo since March 2020. He has previously held a variety of positions, including the position of CFO at Northrop Grumman, AT&T, and Bank of America, as well as the positions of director and chairman of the audit committee of Microsoft.
WC. Allen Parker is an American business executive and attorney. He was the senior executive vice president and general counsel of Wells Fargo, and also served as its interim CEO and president. Prior to joining Wells Fargo, Parker was a partner at New York law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, and served as its fifteenth presiding partner.
WHenry Wells was an American businessman important in the history of both the American Express Company and Wells Fargo & Company. 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 States Post Office by carrying mail at less than the government rate. In higher education, Wells was the founder of Wells College in Aurora, New York.