---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000072971-21-000272"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WFC"
cik: "0000072971"
company_name: "WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN"
filed_at: "2021-08-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T17:33:02.166545+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wells Fargo Chairman Charles Noski to retire Sept 30; Steven Black named new Chairman

## Summary
- Charles H. Noski will retire as Chairman and director effective September 30, 2021.
- Steven D. Black elected Chairman of the Board, effective immediately on August 9, 2021.
- Wayne M. Hewett appointed to Governance and Nominating Committee as Chair, effective immediately.
- Noski will remain as director until his retirement date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000072971-21-000272
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WFC
- cik: 0000072971
- company_name: WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN
- filed_at: 2021-08-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72971/000007297121000272/0000072971-21-000272-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72971/000007297121000272/wfc-20210809.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072971-21-000272
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072971-21-000272.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072971-21-000272.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Charles H. Noski departed as Chairman of the Board and Director at WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chairman of the Board and Director
  source text: On August 9, 2021, Charles H. Noski, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Wells Fargo & Company (the “Company”), informed the Company of his decision to retire as Chairman of the Board and as a director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72971/000007297121000272/0000072971-21-000272-index.htm
- Executive change
  Steven D. Black was elected as Chairman of the Board at WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: the Board elected director Steven D. Black, an independent director under the New York Stock Exchange’s corporate governance listing standards and the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, to succeed Mr. Noski as Chairman, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72971/000007297121000272/0000072971-21-000272-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.