Charlie Scharf joined Wells Fargo in 2019, when the bank was grappling with the fallout from its 2016 fake sales scandal.

The company hired former Fiserv executive Jennifer LaClair and raised $10 million to expand services enabling consumers to make direct payments from their bank accounts to merchants.

Goldman Sachs quietly crowned CEO David Solomon the early 2025 pay leader among Fortune 500 companies with a double-digit percentage raise that puts him above both JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon and Disney’s Bob Iger.

Robert Iger, Chief Executive Officer, earned $45.8 million in total compensation for fiscal 2025. His package included a $1 million salary, $21 million in stock awards, $14 million in option awards, and $7.

The bank credited Charlie Scharf for the resolution of seven consent orders last year, including a $1.95 trillion asset cap imposed by the Federal Reserve.

Wells Fargo hiked its pay for CEO Charlie Scharf to $40 million – a roughly 28% jump – in 2025 as he helped the bank turn the page on several federal penalties and billions of dollars in fines. The top exec made $2.

Wells Fargo & Co. boosted Chief Executive Officer Charlie Scharf’s pay by 28% to $40 million for 2025, a pivotal year for the bank after emerging from a major regulatory constraint.

The payout marks David Solomon’s third consecutive annual raise of 20% or more and likely will make him the best-compensated chief executive among the six biggest U.S. banks.

Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE) is one of the best cheap stocks to buy for 2026. On January 27, Adobe Inc.’s (NASDAQ:ADBE) board-level Executive Compensation Committee approved three linked initiatives governing how senior leaders will be paid over the coming years.

Disney's new CEO, Josh D'Amaro, will get a base salary of $2.5 million — and hefty bonuses and incentives.