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Charles Scharf
Charles W. Scharf (born April 24, 1965) is an American business executive who is the chairman and CEO of Wells Fargo. He has been CEO of Wells Fargo since October 2019, and its chairman since October 2025.
He was previously CEO of Bank of New York Mellon (BNY), and, prior to that, CEO of Visa Inc.
Scharf was born in 1965 in New York City, and grew up in the New York suburb of Westfield, New Jersey. His father was a stockbroker, and as a teenager Charles worked in back-office jobs at Manhattan brokerage firms.
Scharf received a BA from Johns Hopkins University in 1987.
He earned an Executive MBA from New York University Stern School of Business in 1991.
In 1987, a family connection assisted Scharf with an introduction to Jamie Dimon, who hired him for a back-office job at Commercial Credit, a growing consumer finance company where Dimon was CFO and Sandy Weill was CEO. After six months, Scharf was made Dimon's assistant. Scharf's career proceeded at Dimon's and Weill's subsequent acquisitions, mergers, and organizarions, including Primerica, Smith Barney, Salomon Brothers, and Travelers, and eventually Citigroup, Bank One, and JPMorgan Chase.
From 1995 to 1999, Scharf was the CFO of Salomon Brothers and its successor company Salomon Smith Barney.
From 1999 to 2000, he was the CFO of the global corporate and investment bank division at Citigroup, Inc.
Charles Scharf
Charles W. Scharf (born April 24, 1965) is an American business executive who is the chairman and CEO of Wells Fargo. He has been CEO of Wells Fargo since October 2019, and its chairman since October 2025.
He was previously CEO of Bank of New York Mellon (BNY), and, prior to that, CEO of Visa Inc.
Scharf was born in 1965 in New York City, and grew up in the New York suburb of Westfield, New Jersey. His father was a stockbroker, and as a teenager Charles worked in back-office jobs at Manhattan brokerage firms.
Scharf received a BA from Johns Hopkins University in 1987.
He earned an Executive MBA from New York University Stern School of Business in 1991.
In 1987, a family connection assisted Scharf with an introduction to Jamie Dimon, who hired him for a back-office job at Commercial Credit, a growing consumer finance company where Dimon was CFO and Sandy Weill was CEO. After six months, Scharf was made Dimon's assistant. Scharf's career proceeded at Dimon's and Weill's subsequent acquisitions, mergers, and organizarions, including Primerica, Smith Barney, Salomon Brothers, and Travelers, and eventually Citigroup, Bank One, and JPMorgan Chase.
From 1995 to 1999, Scharf was the CFO of Salomon Brothers and its successor company Salomon Smith Barney.
From 1999 to 2000, he was the CFO of the global corporate and investment bank division at Citigroup, Inc.
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