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Wells Fargo Board Claws Back $41Mn From Stumpf, $19Mn From Tolstedt

September 29, 2016

The Wells Fargo Bank board has responded to the bank's growing sales scandal by clawing back compensation from Chairman and CEO John Stumpf and former community-banking head Carrie Tolstedt.  The action comes ahead of Thursday's hearing before the House Financial Services Committee. 

 

Mr. Stumpf will forfeit $41 million in unvested equity awards, and will forego salary during investigation, marking one of the biggest rebukes to the head of a major U.S. financial institution.  Ms. Tolstedt, who oversaw retail banking during bad behavior there, will forfeit unvested equity awards valued at $19 million.

 

The awards being forfeited by Mr. Stumpf represent about a quarter of the total compensation he has accrued over his nearly 35 years at the bank, according to an independent analysis by human-resources consultancy Overture Group Mr. Stumpf earned total compensation of $19.3 million in 2015.