My cousin George did exactly this. He started his career working the overnight shift at a regional bank in the lowest level position, sorting and processing checks. (Remember those?)
When I asked him about it back then, his answer was a bit like Willie Sutton: "I want to learn how money works."
Over the years he rose through the ranks, and a couple of mergers and acquisitions later, he became president of Wells Fargo!
- Ransom M. Cook, 1962-1964
- H. Stephen Chase, 1964-1966
- Richard P. Cooley, 1966-1978
- Carl E. Reichardt, 1978-1984
- Paul Hazen, 1984-1995, 1997-1998
- Richard Kovacevich, 1998-2007
- John Stumpf, 2007-2016
- Timothy J. Sloan, 2016-2019
- C. Allen Parker (Interim), 2019-2019
- Charles Scharf, 2019-present
When I asked him about it back then, his answer was a bit like Willie Sutton: "I want to learn how money works."
Over the years he rose through the ranks, and a couple of mergers and acquisitions later, he became president of Wells Fargo!