COMPANY

Bank founded 1879 in Winston, NC. The current incarnation of the company was created on 1 September 2001 when Wachovia merged with First Union National Bank (which was founded 1908 in Charlotte, NC) to form Wachovia Corporation. Acquired A. G. Edwards in 2007. Acquired by Wells Fargo Bank in 2009 for $12.7B.

Official Website:
http://www.wachovia.com/

Industry:
Banking

Ticker:
(defunct) NYSE:WB

Corporate headquarters:
Charlotte, NC

Sales:
$28.1B

Employees:
120,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Leslie M. Baker, Jr.	Business	22-May-1942		CEO of Wachovia, 1994-2003
Ted A. Gardner	Business	c. 1957		Silverhawk Capital Partners
Robert P. Kelly	Business	1954		CEO, Bank of New York Mellon
Willie Lanier	Football	21-Aug-1945		KC Chiefs, Hall of Famer
Robert S. McCoy, Jr.	Business	c. 1939		Former Wachovia Vice Chairman
John G. Medlin, Jr.	Business	23-Nov-1933	7-Jun-2012	CEO of Wachovia, 1977-93
Carlos A. Migoya	Business	c. 1951		President, Wachovia Metro Charlotte
Ernest S. Rady	Business	28-Aug-1937		CEO of WestCorp, 1978-2006
Rudy E. Schupp	Business	c. 1951		CEO of Republic Security Bank, 1984-2001
David Gary Thompson	Business	c. 1947		Former Georgia CEO, Wachovia
G. Kennedy Thompson	Business	25-Nov-1950		CEO of Wachovia, 2000-08
Isaiah Tidwell	Business	c. 1945		EVP at Wachovia, 1996-2005

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John D. Baker II	Business	7-Aug-1948		CEO of Florida Rock Industries
Peter C. Browning	Business	2-Sep-1941		CEO of Sonoco Products, 1998-2000
John T. Casteen III	Educator	11-Dec-1943		President, University of Virginia
Jerry Gitt	Business	c. 1943		Former VP at Merrill Lynch
William H. Goodwin, Jr.	Business	21-Oct-1940		President of CCA Industries
Maryellen C. Herringer	Attorney	c. 1944		Former Partner, Morrison & Foerster
Robert A. Ingram	Business	6-Dec-1942		Glaxo SmithKline executive
Donald M. James	Business	1949		CEO of Vulcan Materials
Mackey J. McDonald	Business	1-Nov-1946		CEO of VF Corporation, 1996-2008
Joseph Neubauer	Business	19-Oct-1941		CEO of ARAMARK
Timothy Proctor	Business	15-Dec-1949		General Counsel for Diageo
Ernest S. Rady	Business	28-Aug-1937		CEO of WestCorp, 1978-2006
Van L. Richey	Business	1950		CEO of American Cast Iron Pipe Co.
Ruth G. Shaw	Business	19-Feb-1948		CEO of Duke Power, 2003-06
Lanty L. Smith	Business	11-Dec-1942		President of Burlington Industries, 1986-88
G. Kennedy Thompson	Business	25-Nov-1950		CEO of Wachovia, 2000-08
Dona D. Young	Business	8-Jan-1954		CEO of Phoenix Companies

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Leslie M. Baker, Jr.	Business	22-May-1942		CEO of Wachovia, 1994-2003
James E. Bostic, Jr.	Business	c. 1947		EVP at Georgia Pacific, 2001-05
Robert J. Brown	Business	26-Feb-1935		Founder of B&C Associates, Inc.
John L. Clendenin	Business	c. 1933		CEO of Bellsouth, 1984-96
George W. Henderson III	Business	c. 1948		CEO of Burlington Industries, 1995-2003
W. Hayne Hipp	Business	c. 1940		CEO of Liberty Corp., 1979-2006
James H. Morgan	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Krispy Kreme
Earl N. Phillips	Diplomat	?		US Ambassador to Barbados, 2002-03
Isaiah Tidwell	Business	c. 1945		EVP at Wachovia, 1996-2005
John C. Whitaker, Jr.	Business	7-Aug-1937		CEO of Inmar Enterprises

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Barbara T. Alexander	Business	c. 1948		Former UBS manager
Elizabeth A. Duke	Government	c. 1952		Federal Reserve Governor

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
H. William Habermeyer, Jr.	Business	1942		CEO of Progress Energy Florida
James H. Morgan	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Krispy Kreme

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