headquarters in st. louis type llc genre securities predecessor wachovia securities founded 1879 as leopold cahn & co. headquarters st. louis missouri united states total assets 1.17 trillion 1 number of employees 17 900 1 parent wells fargo divisions private client group pcg wealth brokerage services wbs bank brokerage independent brokerage group ibg website www.wellsfargoadvisors.com wells fargo advisors llc is a subsidiary of wells fargo located in st. louis missouri . it is the second largest brokerage firm in the united states as of october 1 2007 with 1.17 trillion retail client assets under management . 1 the subsidiary was formerly known as wachovia securities until may 1 2009 when it legally changed names following the wells fargo s acquisition of wachovia corporation . history edit wells fargo advisors traces its history to 1879 where it grew through mergers with many of the industry s regional and national firms . these include wachovia securities a. g. edwards and bache & co. . 2 the current ceo is david kowach . references edit a b c why wachovia securities . wachovia corporation . retrieved 2008 04 04 . https www.wellsfargoadvisors.com about wells fargo advisors investment firm.htm external links edit wells fargo advisors v t e wells fargo history founders henry wells william fargo board of directors john stumpf chairman and ceo timothy sloan patricia callahan kevin rhein michael loughlin james strother richard levy david carroll michael heid david hoyt divisions wells fargo advisors wells fargo bank wells fargo financial wells fargo home mortgage wells fargo insurance services wells fargo securities historical components abd insurance & financial atlantic national bank a. g. edwards bache & co. bank of baltimore bank of north america bowles hollowell connor & co. century bank corestates financial crocker national bank evergreen investments first commerce bancshares first interstate bancorp first security first union florida national bank garden state national bank georgia railroad bank golden west financial halsey stuart & co. national bank of alaska norwest prudential securities southeast bank southtrust wachovia wachovia securities former components h.d. vest pamlico capital tillie the all time teller buildings one wells fargo center wells fargo center denver wells fargo center jacksonville wells fargo center los angeles wells fargo center minneapolis wells fargo center portland or wells fargo center sacramento wells fargo center salt lake city wells fargo center seattle wells fargo place wells fargo plaza el paso wells fargo plaza houston wells fargo plaza phoenix wells fargo center philadelphia wells fargo tower birmingham wells fargo tower colorado springs duke energy center category commons wikiversity this article about a financial services corporation of the united states is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wells fargo advisors & oldid 743638511 categories financial services companies of the united statescompanies based in st. louiscompanies established in 18791879 establishments in the united statesunited states financial services company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 14 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view