Wells Fargo claws back part of CEO, other executive’s salary
WASHINGTON — Wells Fargo says CEO John Stumpf and the executive who ran the bank’s retail banking division will forfeit tens of millions of dollars in bonuses as the bank tries to stem a scandal over its sales practices.
The board of directors at the nation’s second-largest bank said Tuesday that Stumpf will forfeit $41 million in stock awards, while former retail banking executive Carrie Tolstedt will forfeit $19 million of her stock awards, effective immediately. Both are also giving up any bonuses for 2016, and Tolstedt will not receive any severance or any other compensation in connection with her retirement, the bank’s directors said.
The San Francisco-based bank’s independent directors are also launching their own investigation, hiring the law firm Shearman & Sterling to assist them.
In their announcement, Wells Fargo’s independent directors said the pay clawbacks did not preclude the board from pursuing more salary clawbacks from Stumpf or Tolstedt.