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banking entity. The merged company claims legacy Wells Fargo’s history (dating to 1852) as its own, and also adopted legacy Wells Fargo's ticker symbol, WFC. However, it retains
Norwest's pre-1998 stock price history and corporate structure, and all pre-1998 SEC filings are under Norwest, not Wells Fargo. Former Wells Fargo stockholders held 52.5 percent of the newly combined company and former Norwest stockholders held 47.5 percent. Paul Hazen, chairman and CEO of Wells Fargo, become chairman of the merged bank, while Richard M. Kovacevich, chairman and CEO of Norwest, become president and CEO of the new organization. The merger was completed in November 1998.
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increase 500 percent from 1983 to 1984, to more than $ 500 million. Further trouble came from the bank's mortgage unit, Norwest
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