6) Wells Fargo – Company Assets: $1,543 billion
When in 1852 Henry Wells and William Fargo established WF as a banking, investment and overland mail service, they might as well have written in a role for John Wayne, since the company is as synonymous with America’s old West as the Duke himself. In 1888 they became the nation’s first transcontinental express service, but had already long entered the public’s consciousness. They will forever be associated with the taming of the Wild West and have been a fixture on the nation’s financial pulse virtually from its inception. From stagecoaches to boardrooms, the company has emerged as an industry powerhouse, with assets of over $1.5 trillion in 2014.
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