LGBTQ pride thrives at Wells Fargo
Tim Hanlon and other employees advocated for a more LGBTQ inclusive community at Wells Fargo in the 1990s.
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Tim Hanlon and other employees advocated for a more LGBTQ inclusive community at Wells Fargo in the 1990s.
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Over the years, many women have made history serving on the bank’s board of directors.
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In the late 1960s, Birtan Aka became the first woman banking officer to represent a U.S. bank overseas, working in Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
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William M. Robison, Wells Fargo’s express messenger in the 1850s, transported millions in gold for the company — while also advocating for equal rights.
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Before founding Citizens Bank, now a part of Wells Fargo, in Los Angeles in the late 1800s, Thaddeus Lowe was a renowned inventor and the chief aeronaut for the Union Army Balloon...
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Before he was Tucson’s first Mexican American mayor, this Arizona business and Wells Fargo agent chose exile instead of betraying the Union during the Civil War.
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In 1864, this Wells Fargo agent stopped at nothing to deliver mail, money, and newspapers to customers — and later became the company’s president.
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James McKaye, an original board member for Wells Fargo, was an abolitionist whose work led to the creation of the Freedmen’s Bureau in 1864 to protect the rights of African Americans.
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Robert “Patt” Patterson started out as a civil rights activist and became an influential banker and mentor at Wachovia Bank.
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