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Charles W. Scharf

Chair, Wells Fargo

Since Jan 1, 2019.

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Alpha ID
alpha:person:charles-w-scharf
Record version
vpublic-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Apr 21, 2026
Newest evidence
Mar 18, 2026
Monitoring
Not yet monitored Details
Integrity
Not yet signed Methodology
Current role
ChairSince Jan 1, 2019
Board seats
2Wells Fargo, Microsoft
Committee seats
0None published
Published claims
214 distinct sources
Evidence records
170 pinned
Source conflicts
0None open

Built from 4 distinct sources and 17 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.

CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed

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DIRECTOR APPOINTED

Charles W. Scharf seat on Wells Fargo, effective 2019-01-01.

EffectiveEffective Jan 1, 2019E13

Monitoring

Continuous

What the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.

  • Identityunclaimed
    Published
  • Evidencecorroborated
    Published
  • Evaluationnot_evaluated
    Published
  • MonitoringNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • AuthorityNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • Freshnesscurrent
    Published

Board service

Evidence

Seats held as a director, as published in the cited sources.

Wells Fargo CurrentChair, 2019 to presentOpen recordMicrosoft CurrentDirector, 2014 to presentOpen record
Professional RoleChair at Wells Fargo
Source reportedE13
person:charles-w-scharf:role:1
Professional RoleDirector at Microsoft
Source reportedE14
person:charles-w-scharf:role:2
Board membershipServes on the board of Microsoft
CorroboratedE11E17E2
person:charles-w-scharf:board_membership:6
Board membershipServes on the board of Wells Fargo
CorroboratedE2E16E11
person:charles-w-scharf:board_membership:7
Board roleBoard role: Chair
Source reportedE1
person:charles-w-scharf:board_role:8
Board roleBoard role: Director
Source reportedE12
person:charles-w-scharf:board_role:9
Committee assignmentsNo committee assignment disclosed in the cited filing
CorroboratedE1E11
person:charles-w-scharf:committee_assignments:10
Committee assignmentsCommittee assignments: Compensation, Governance and Nominating
Source reportedE12
person:charles-w-scharf:committee_assignments:11

Committee experience

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Work experience

Evidence
  1. 2026 to end not published
    Executive title: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and PresidentOrganization not published
    E5E6E7E8E9E10E4E3E15
  2. Dates not published
    Executive title: Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerOrganization not published
    E1

Education, credentials, and certifications

Evidence

No education, credentials, or certifications are published in this record.

No published claims

No education, credentials, or certifications are published in this record.

AI, cyber, and technology accountability

Evidence
AI and ML experienceAI and ML experience: not identified in the cited filing
CorroboratedE3E1
person:charles-w-scharf:ai_ml_experience:1
AI expertiseAI expertise: not identified in the cited filing
Source reportedE15
person:charles-w-scharf:ai_expertise:2
AI governance relevanceAI governance relevance reported from role and filings
Source reportedE15
person:charles-w-scharf:ai_governance_relevance:3
Technology backgroundTechnology background: not identified in the cited filing
Source reportedE3
person:charles-w-scharf:technology_background:18
Technology backgroundTechnology background reported in filings
Source reportedE1
person:charles-w-scharf:technology_background:19

Authority to act

Evidence and agent registry

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Officer of recordChair, Wells Fargo, from Jan 1, 2019
Source reportedE13
person:charles-w-scharf:role:1
Officer of recordDirector, Microsoft, from Jan 1, 2014
Source reportedE14
person:charles-w-scharf:role:2
Authority to bind the companyNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
bind
AI agents acting on this authorityNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
agents
Delegations grantedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
delegations

Compensation and holdings

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Conflicts and accountability

Evidence
Board independenceNot independent (executive director)
Source reportedE2
person:charles-w-scharf:board_independence:4
Board independenceIndependent director
Source reportedE11
person:charles-w-scharf:board_independence:5

Other published claims

Evidence

Published Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.

Cybersecurity experienceCybersecurity experience: not identified in the cited filing
CorroboratedE3E1
person:charles-w-scharf:cybersecurity_experience:12
Executive companyExecutive at Wells Fargo
CorroboratedE1E5E15
person:charles-w-scharf:executive_company:13
Executive companyExecutive at WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN
CorroboratedE4E6E7E8E9E10E3
person:charles-w-scharf:executive_company:14
Executive functionEnterprise Leadership (CEO)
Source reportedE15
person:charles-w-scharf:executive_function:15

Not yet in this record

Coverage

A gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.

  • Only permissioned public claims and evidence are included.Only permissioned public claims and evidence are included.
  • Absence of a claim is not evidence that the underlying fact is false.Absence of a claim is not evidence that the underlying fact is false.
  • Public retrieval does not grant model-training or redistribution rights.Public retrieval does not grant model-training or redistribution rights.
  • Private relationships and Council activity are excluded.Private relationships and Council activity are excluded.

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Basis
Public role at an organization in the published Registry
Sources
17 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
Never published
Home address, family, personal contacts, health, and history unrelated to the public role
Profile claimed
No
Open disputes
0
Identity ownership
unclaimed
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If the subject claims the profile, their statements appear as their own assertion state, subject attested. They never overwrite the evidence.

Evidence

Authority and rights
  1. E1
    WFC DEF 14A director slate
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Mar 18, 2026. Retrieved May 6, 2026. Cited by 7 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  2. E2
    Wells Fargo director board source
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Mar 18, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 3 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  3. E3
    WFCNP 10-K executive officers
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Feb 24, 2026. Retrieved Jul 28, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  4. E4
    WFC-PD 10-K executive officers
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Feb 24, 2026. Retrieved Jul 28, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  5. E5
    WFC 10-K executive officers
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Feb 24, 2026. Retrieved May 6, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  6. E6
    WFC-PY 10-K executive officers
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Feb 24, 2026. Retrieved Jul 28, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  7. E7
    WFC-PL 10-K executive officers
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Feb 24, 2026. Retrieved Jul 28, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  8. E8
    WFC-PC 10-K executive officers
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Feb 24, 2026. Retrieved Jul 28, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  9. E9
    WFC-PZ 10-K executive officers
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Feb 24, 2026. Retrieved Jul 28, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  10. E10
    WFC-PA 10-K executive officers
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Feb 24, 2026. Retrieved Jul 28, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  11. E11
    Microsoft director board source
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Oct 21, 2025. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 4 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  12. E12
    MSFT DEF 14A director slate
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Oct 21, 2025. Retrieved Apr 29, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  13. E13
    Source title not published
    sec filing. Published Jan 1, 2019. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  14. E14
    Source title not published
    sec filing. Published Jan 1, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  15. E15
    WFC executive roster source
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  16. E16
    Source title not published
    public source. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  17. E17
    Source title not published
    public source. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned

What changed in version public-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce

vpublic-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Apr 21, 2026
  • Charles W. Scharf seat on Wells Fargo, effective 2019-01-01.
  • Charles W. Scharf seat on Microsoft, effective 2014-01-01.
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  5. Work experience2
  6. Education and credentials0
  7. AI, cyber, technology5
  8. Authority to act5
  9. Compensation0
  10. Conflicts and accountability2
  11. Other published claims4
  12. Coverage gaps4
  13. Linked records3
  14. Subject and corrections6
  15. Evidence17
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