Barry Sommers

Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, Wealth and Investment Management Wells Fargo

Last Reviewed: October 1, 2026

Executive Summary

Barry Sommers has been chief executive of Wells Fargo’s Wealth and Investment Management business since June 2020, overseeing Wells Fargo Private Bank, Wells Fargo Advisors and Wells Fargo Investment Institute. Before Wells Fargo he held a series of chief executive roles at JPMorgan Chase, running its wealth management business, its Consumer Bank branch network, Chase Wealth Management and J.P. Morgan Securities. Earlier he led Bear Stearns’s private client business and was a vice president in Goldman Sachs’s asset management division. Wells Fargo ranked No. 38 on the 2026 Fortune 500.

Career Highlights

• CEO of Wealth and Investment Management at Wells Fargo since June 2020.
• CEO of Wealth Management at JPMorgan Chase.
• CEO of the Consumer Bank at JPMorgan Chase.
• CEO of J.P. Morgan Securities.

Professional Journey

Sommers earned a BS in communications at Ohio University. He was a vice president in the asset management division of Goldman Sachs, then a senior managing director at Bear Stearns, where he was CEO of the private client business with responsibility for its mutual fund business.

At JPMorgan Chase he was CEO of J.P. Morgan Securities and of Chase Wealth Management, where he helped build Chase Private Client, then CEO of the Consumer Bank and CEO of Wealth Management.

He joined Wells Fargo as CEO of Wealth and Investment Management in June 2020.

Education

Ohio University

Bachelor of Science, Communications