International Directory of Business Biographies


Richard M. Kovacevich Biography

Chairman and chief executive officer, Wells Fargo & Company

Nationality: American.

Born: October 30, 1943, in Tacoma, Washington.

Education: Stanford University, BS; MS; MBA.

Career: General Mills, planner; GM, mergers and acquisitions; division manager; Citicorp Group, executive; Norwest, 1986–1989, vice chairman and head of banking group; 1986–1993, chief operations officer; 1989–1993, president; 1993–1998, chief executive officer; 1995–1998, chairman; Wells Fargo & Company, 1998–2001, president; 1998–, chief executive officer; 2001–, chairman.

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