Charles "Charlie" W Scharf was born on April 24,1965 and is an American investment banker and business executive who serves as the chief executive officer and president of Wells Fargo.
14 Facts About Charles Scharf
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Charles Scharf was previously the CEO of Visa Inc and BNY Mellon, and has been an independent director on the Microsoft board of directors since 2014.
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In 1987, shortly after graduating from college, Scharf was the youngest professional employee at Commercial Credit Corp.
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Charles Scharf was still a senior at Johns Hopkins University when he started working at the company part-time, having sent his resume to Jamie Dimon through family connections.
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Charles Scharf was the managing director of One Equity Partners, JPMorgan's private investment section.
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Charles Scharf was the CEO and CFO at Bank One Corp.
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At age 47, Charles Scharf took over as Visa's CEO in November 2012, succeeding Joseph Saunders.
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Charles Scharf was appointed as a board member after increasing the size of the board to eleven members from ten.
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Charles Scharf received a total compensation of $24.20 million, including base salary, stock grants and incentives in 2013.
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On October 17,2016, Charles Scharf advised his Board of Directors that he can no longer spend enough time in San Francisco "to do the job effectively".
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Charles Scharf said he would continue to live in New York with his family and commute frequently to Wells Fargo's headquarters in San Francisco.
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On November 7,2019, Charles Scharf announced that he had appointed BNY Mellon Vice Chairman and former US Secretary of Commerce and White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley to serve as head of Public Affairs for Wells Fargo effective November 13,2019.
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Charles Scharf is on the board of trustees for Johns Hopkins University and he is on the board of directors for the Financial Services Roundtable.
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Charles Scharf is currently on the executive council for UCSF Health and the board of directors for Microsoft Corp.