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     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 2, 1999
                                                      Registration No. 333-_____

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                        --------------------------------
                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     Under
                           The Securities Act of 1933

                        -------------------------------
                             WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
                     (formerly named Norwest Corporation)
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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<S>                                 <C>                           <C>
       Delaware                               6712                  41-0449260
 (State or other jurisdiction of    (Primary Standard Industrial  (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)     Classification Code Number)   Identification No.)
</TABLE>
                             420 Montgomery Street
                        San Francisco, California 94163
                                  415-477-1000
              (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
       including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

                      ------------------------------------
                               Stanley S. Stroup
                  Executive Vice President and General Counsel
                             Wells Fargo & Company
                             420 Montgomery Street
                        San Francisco, California 94163
                                  415-396-6019
               (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
               number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:
                                Robert J. Kaukol
                             Wells Fargo & Company
                          1050 17th Street, Suite 120
                             Denver, Colorado 80265
                                  303-899-5802
                               __________________
                  Norwest Corporation Savings Investment Plan
                              (Full title of plan)
                              ____________________
                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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<S>                                   <C>          <C>                  <C>                 <C>
        Title of Securities             Amount     Proposed Maximum     Proposed Maximum     Amount of
               to Be                    to Be       Offering Price          Aggregate       Registration
             Registered               Registered       Per Share         Offering Price         Fee
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Common Stock                 21,000,000      $38.375(2)          $805,875,000(2)      $224,034
    (par value $1-2/3 per share) (1)
=========================================================================================================
</TABLE>
(1)  Each share of the Registrant's common stock includes one preferred stock
     purchase right.

(2)  Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee.
                           __________________________
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                                    PART II

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

          The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") by Registrant (File No. 001-2979) pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are
incorporated by reference in this Prospectus:

     .  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998;

     .  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1999;

     .  Current Reports on Form 8-K filed January 29, 1999, April 21, 1999 and
        April 28, 1999;

     .  Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 14, 1997, containing a
        description of Wells Fargo & Company common stock, including any
        amendment or report filed with the SEC to update such description; and

     .  Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated October 21, 1998, containing a
        description of preferred stock purchase rights attached to shares of
        Wells Fargo & Company common stock, including any amendment or report
        filed with the SEC to update such description.

         All documents filed by Registrant with the Commission pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date
hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates all
securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be a part hereof from the date of such filing. Any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also
is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part hereof.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

         Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes
indemnification of directors and officers of a Delaware corporation under
certain circumstances against expenses, judgments and the like in connection
with action, suit or proceeding. Article Fourteenth of the Restated Certificate
of Incorporation of the Registrant provides for broad indemnification of
directors and officers. The Registrant also maintains insurance coverage
relating to certain liabilities of directors and officers.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

         Not applicable.
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Item 8.  Exhibits.

         See Exhibit Index.

         The Registrant will submit or has submitted the Norwest Corporation
         Savings Investment Plan and any amendment thereto to the Internal
         Revenue Service (IRS) in a timely manner and has made or will make all
         changes required by the IRS to qualify the plan.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

         (a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

             (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
                 made, a posteffective amendment to this registration statement:

                 (i)   To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of
                       the Securities Act of 1933.

                 (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
                       after the effective date of the registration statement
                       (or the most recent posteffective amendment thereof)
                       which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
                       fundamental change in the information set forth in the
                       registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
                       any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
                       (if the total dollar value of securities offered would
                       not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
                       from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
                       offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
                       filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
                       ((S)230.424(b) of this chapter) if, in the aggregate, the
                       changes in volume and price represent no more than 20%
                       change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
                       in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
                       effective registration statement.

                 (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
                       plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
                       registration statement or any material change to such
                       information in the registration statement;

                 provided, however, that paragraphs (i) and (ii) above do not
                 apply if the information required to be included in a post-
                 effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
                 periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by
                 the registrant pursuant to section 13 of section 15(d) of the
                 Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
                 registration statement.

             (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
                 Securities Act of 1933, each such posteffective amendment shall
                 be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
                 securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
                 at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
                 offering thereof.

             (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
                 amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
                 unsold at the termination of the offering.

         (b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
             determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
             filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
             or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
             applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
             pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
             that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement
             shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
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             to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
             securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
             offering thereof.

         (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
             Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers, and
             controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
             provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in
             the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
             indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
             and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
             indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
             the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer,
             or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense
             of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
             officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities
             being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
             counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
             submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
             such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
             the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
             issue.
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                                  SIGNATURES

   Registrant.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco, State of California, on June 1,
1999.

                                WELLS FARGO & COMPANY

                                By:      /s/ Richard M. Kovacevich
                                        ---------------------------------
                                              Richard M. Kovacevich
                                      President and Chief Executive Officer

   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 has been signed on June 1, 1999 by the following persons
in the capacities indicated:

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<S>                                      <C>
    /s/ Richard M. Kovacevich            President and Chief Executive Officer
    -------------------------
    Richard M. Kovacevich                (Principal Executive Officer)

    /s/ Rodney L. Jacobs                 Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer
    --------------------
    Rodney L. Jacobs                     (Principal Financial Officer)

    /s/ Les L. Quock                     Senior Vice President and Controller
    --------------------
    Les L. Quock                         (Principal Accounting Officer)
</TABLE>

LES BILLER             )
J.A. BLANCHARD III     )
MICHAEL R. BOWLIN      )
EDWARD M. CARSON       )
DAVID A. CHRISTENSEN   )
WILLIAM S. DAVILA      )
SUSAN E. ENGEL         )
PAUL HAZEN             )
WILLIAM A. HODDER      )
RODNEY L. JACOBS       )
RICHARD M. KOVACEVICH  )                A majority of the
RICHARD D. McCORMICK   )                Board of Directors*
CYNTHIA H. MILLIGAN    )
BENJAMIN F. MONTOYA    )
PHILIP J. QUIGLEY      )
DONALD B. RICE         )
IAN M. ROLLAND         )
JUDITH M. RUNSTAD      )
SUSAN G. SWENSON       )
DANIEL M. TELLEP       )
MICHAEL W. WRIGHT      )

- --------------------
*Richard M. Kovacevich, by signing his name hereto, does hereby sign this
document on behalf of each of the directors named above pursuant to powers of
attorney duly executed by such persons.

                                      /s/ Richard M. Kovacevich
                                    ---------------------------
                                     Richard M. Kovacevich
                                     Attorney-in-Fact
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   Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
administrator of the Norwest Corporation Savings-Investment Plan has duly caused
this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto authorized, in the City of San Francisco, State of
California, on June 1, 1999.


                                WELLS FARGO & COMPANY, as plan
                                        administrator

                                By:  /s/ Richard M. Kovacevich
                                     --------------------------
                                     Richard M. Kovacevich
                                     President
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                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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<CAPTION>
Exhibit                                                                          Form of Filing
Number                             Description                                      Filing
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<S>            <C>                                                               <C>
   4.1         Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended
               (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(b) to Registrant's
               Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 28, 1993). Certificates
               of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by
               reference to Exhibit 3 to Registrant's Current Report on Form
               8-K dated July 3, 1995, and Exhibits 3(b) and 3(c) to
               Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
               ended September 30, 1998).

 4.1.1         Certificate of Designations for ESOP Cumulative Convertible
               Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to
               Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
               ended March 31, 1994).

 4.1.2         Certificate of Designations for Cumulative Tracking Preferred
               Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to Registrant's
               Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 9, 1995).

 4.1.3         Certificate of Designations for 1995 ESOP Cumulative
               Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to
               Exhibit 4 to Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
               the quarter ended March 31, 1995).

 4.1.4         Certificate of Designations for 1996 ESOP Cumulative
               Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to
               Exhibit 3 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
               November 26, 1996).

 4.1.5         Certificate of Designations for 1997 ESOP Cumulative
               Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to
               Exhibit 3 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
               April 14, 1997).

 4.1.6         Certificate of Designations for 1998 ESOP Cumulative
               Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to
               Exhibit 3 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
               April 20, 1998).

 4.1.7         Certificate of Designations for 1999 ESOP Cumulative
               Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to
               Exhibit 3(b) to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
               April 21, 1999).

 4.1.8         Certificate of Designations for Adjustable Cumulative
               Preferred Stock, Series B (incorporated by reference to
               Exhibit 3(j) to Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
               for the quarter ended September 30, 1998).

 4.1.9         Certificate of Designations for Fixed/Adjustable Rate
               Noncumulative Preferred Stock, Series H (incorporated by
               reference to Exhibit 3(k) to Registrant's Quarterly Report on
               Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1998).
</TABLE>
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Exhibit                                                                               Form of
Number                             Description                                        Filing
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<S>            <C>                                                                  <C>
    4.1.10     Certificate of Designations for Series C Junior Participating
               Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(l) to
               Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
               December 31, 1998).

    4.1.11     Certificate Eliminating the Certificate of Designations for
               Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, Series B
               (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to Registrant's
               Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 1, 1995).

    4.1.12     Certificate Eliminating the Certificate of Designations for
               10.24% Cumulative Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference
               to Exhibit 3 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
               February 20, 1996).

    4.1.13     Certificate Eliminating the Certificate of Designations for
               Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (incorporated
               by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to Registrant's Current report
               on Form 8-K dated April 21, 1999).

       4.2     By-Laws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(m) to
               Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
               December 31, 1998).

       4.3     Rights Agreement, dated as of October 21, 1998, between
               Norwest Corporation (now named Wells Fargo & Company) and
               ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., as Rights Agent
               (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registrant's
               Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated October 21, 1998).

         5     Opinion of Stanley S. Stroup.                                        Electronic
                                                                                    Transmission

      23.1     Consent of Stanley S. Stroup (included as part of Exhibit 5).

      23.2     Consent of KPMG LLP.                                                 Electronic
                                                                                    Transmission

        24     Powers of Attorney.                                                  Electronic
                                                                                    Transmission

        99     Norwest Corporation Savings Investment Plan, as further
               amended and restated effective January 1, 1998 (incorporated
               by reference to Exhibit 99 to the Plan's annual report on
               Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 1997).
</TABLE>

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                                                                       EXHIBIT 5


                     [LETTERHEAD OF WELLS FARGO & COMPANY]


June 1, 1999


Board of Directors
Wells Fargo & Company
420 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, California 94163

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In connection with the proposed registration under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, of a maximum of 21,000,000 shares of the common stock, par value of
$1-2/3 per share, of Wells Fargo & Company, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and related preferred stock purchase rights (such shares and rights
collectively the "Shares"), which may be issued pursuant to the Norwest
Corporation Savings Investment Plan (the "Plan"), I have examined such corporate
records and other documents, including the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to
be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the Shares (the
"Registration Statement"), and have reviewed such matters of law as I have
deemed necessary for this opinion.  I advise you that in my opinion:

1.   The Company is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
     the State of Delaware.

2.   When sold to the Plan's trustee on behalf of the Plan, the Shares will be
     legally and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

I consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement.

Very truly yours,



/s/ Stanley S. Stroup
Stanley S. Stroup
Executive Vice President
and General Counsel

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2


                            [LETTERHEAD OF KPMG LLP]



                         Independent Auditors' Consent
                         -----------------------------



The Board of Directors
Wells Fargo & Company

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of Wells Fargo & Company of our report dated January 19, 1999, relating
to the consolidated balance sheet of Wells Fargo & Company and Subsidiaries as
of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the related consolidated statements of
income, changes in stockholders' equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows
for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1998, which
report is incorporated by reference in the December 31, 1998 Annual Report on
Form 10-K of Wells Fargo & Company.


/s/ KPMG LLP


June 1, 1999
San Francisco, California

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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24


                             WELLS FARGO & COMPANY


                               Power of Attorney
                          of Director and/or Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby make,
constitute and appoint PAUL HAZEN, RICHARD M. KOVACEVICH, LES S. BILLER, RODNEY
L. JACOBS, STANLEY S. STROUP and LAUREL A. HOLSCHUH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of
substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of the Company to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other applicable form,
and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of up to 21,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, including associated
preferred stock purchase rights, and an indeterminate amount of related plan
participation interests, adjusted for any change in the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, reverse stock splits or
stock dividends occurring after the date hereof, issuable in connection with the
Norwest Corporation Savings-Investment Plan and any successor plan, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
this 27th day of April, 1999.


                                         /s/ Les Biller
                                       -------------------
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                             WELLS FARGO & COMPANY


                               Power of Attorney
                          of Director and/or Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby make,
constitute and appoint PAUL HAZEN, RICHARD M. KOVACEVICH, LES S. BILLER, RODNEY
L. JACOBS, STANLEY S. STROUP and LAUREL A. HOLSCHUH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of
substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of the Company to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other applicable form,
and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of up to 21,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, including associated
preferred stock purchase rights, and an indeterminate amount of related plan
participation interests, adjusted for any change in the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, reverse stock splits or
stock dividends occurring after the date hereof, issuable in connection with the
Norwest Corporation Savings-Investment Plan and any successor plan, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
this 27th day of April, 1999.


                                   /s/  J.A. Blanchard III
                                -----------------------------
<PAGE>

                             WELLS FARGO & COMPANY


                               Power of Attorney
                          of Director and/or Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby make,
constitute and appoint PAUL HAZEN, RICHARD M. KOVACEVICH, LES S. BILLER, RODNEY
L. JACOBS, STANLEY S. STROUP and LAUREL A. HOLSCHUH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of
substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of the Company to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other applicable form,
and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of up to 21,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, including associated
preferred stock purchase rights, and an indeterminate amount of related plan
participation interests, adjusted for any change in the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, reverse stock splits or
stock dividends occurring after the date hereof, issuable in connection with the
Norwest Corporation Savings-Investment Plan and any successor plan, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
this 27th day of April, 1999.


                                  /s/  Michael R. Bowlin
                                ---------------------------
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                             WELLS FARGO & COMPANY


                               Power of Attorney
                          of Director and/or Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby make,
constitute and appoint PAUL HAZEN, RICHARD M. KOVACEVICH, LES S. BILLER, RODNEY
L. JACOBS, STANLEY S. STROUP and LAUREL A. HOLSCHUH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of
substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of the Company to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other applicable form,
and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of up to 21,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, including associated
preferred stock purchase rights, and an indeterminate amount of related plan
participation interests, adjusted for any change in the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, reverse stock splits or
stock dividends occurring after the date hereof, issuable in connection with the
Norwest Corporation Savings-Investment Plan and any successor plan, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
this 27th day of April, 1999.


                                   /s/  Edward M. Carson
                                ---------------------------
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                             WELLS FARGO & COMPANY


                               Power of Attorney
                          of Director and/or Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby make,
constitute and appoint PAUL HAZEN, RICHARD M. KOVACEVICH, LES S. BILLER, RODNEY
L. JACOBS, STANLEY S. STROUP and LAUREL A. HOLSCHUH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of
substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of the Company to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other applicable form,
and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of up to 21,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, including associated
preferred stock purchase rights, and an indeterminate amount of related plan
participation interests, adjusted for any change in the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, reverse stock splits or
stock dividends occurring after the date hereof, issuable in connection with the
Norwest Corporation Savings-Investment Plan and any successor plan, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
this 27th day of April, 1999.


                                  /s/  David A. Christensen
                                ------------------------------
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                             WELLS FARGO & COMPANY


                               Power of Attorney
                          of Director and/or Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby make,
constitute and appoint PAUL HAZEN, RICHARD M. KOVACEVICH, LES S. BILLER, RODNEY
L. JACOBS, STANLEY S. STROUP and LAUREL A. HOLSCHUH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of
substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of the Company to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other applicable form,
and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of up to 21,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, including associated
preferred stock purchase rights, and an indeterminate amount of related plan
participation interests, adjusted for any change in the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, reverse stock splits or
stock dividends occurring after the date hereof, issuable in connection with the
Norwest Corporation Savings-Investment Plan and any successor plan, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
this 27th day of April, 1999.


                                  /s/  William S. Davila
                                ---------------------------
<PAGE>

                             WELLS FARGO & COMPANY


                               Power of Attorney
                          of Director and/or Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby make,
constitute and appoint PAUL HAZEN, RICHARD M. KOVACEVICH, LES S. BILLER, RODNEY
L. JACOBS, STANLEY S. STROUP and LAUREL A. HOLSCHUH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of
substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of the Company to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other applicable form,
and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of up to 21,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, including associated
preferred stock purchase rights, and an indeterminate amount of related plan
participation interests, adjusted for any change in the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, reverse stock splits or
stock dividends occurring after the date hereof, issuable in connection with the
Norwest Corporation Savings-Investment Plan and any successor plan, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
this 27th day of April, 1999.


                                   /s/  Susan E. Engel
                                --------------------------
<PAGE>

                             WELLS FARGO & COMPANY


                               Power of Attorney
                          of Director and/or Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby make,
constitute and appoint PAUL HAZEN, RICHARD M. KOVACEVICH, LES S. BILLER, RODNEY
L. JACOBS, STANLEY S. STROUP and LAUREL A. HOLSCHUH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of
substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of the Company to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other applicable form,
and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of up to 21,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, including associated
preferred stock purchase rights, and an indeterminate amount of related plan
participation interests, adjusted for any change in the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, reverse stock splits or
stock dividends occurring after the date hereof, issuable in connection with the
Norwest Corporation Savings-Investment Plan and any successor plan, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
this 27th day of April, 1999.


                                   /s/  Paul Hazen
                                ----------------------
<PAGE>

                             WELLS FARGO & COMPANY


                               Power of Attorney
                          of Director and/or Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby make,
constitute and appoint PAUL HAZEN, RICHARD M. KOVACEVICH, LES S. BILLER, RODNEY
L. JACOBS, STANLEY S. STROUP and LAUREL A. HOLSCHUH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of
substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of the Company to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other applicable form,
and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of up to 21,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, including associated
preferred stock purchase rights, and an indeterminate amount of related plan
participation interests, adjusted for any change in the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, reverse stock splits or
stock dividends occurring after the date hereof, issuable in connection with the
Norwest Corporation Savings-Investment Plan and any successor plan, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
this 27th day of April, 1999.


                                  /s/  William A. Hodder
                                ----------------------------
<PAGE>

                             WELLS FARGO & COMPANY


                               Power of Attorney
                          of Director and/or Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby make,
constitute and appoint PAUL HAZEN, RICHARD M. KOVACEVICH, LES S. BILLER, RODNEY
L. JACOBS, STANLEY S. STROUP and LAUREL A. HOLSCHUH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of
substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of the Company to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other applicable form,
and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of up to 21,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, including associated
preferred stock purchase rights, and an indeterminate amount of related plan
participation interests, adjusted for any change in the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, reverse stock splits or
stock dividends occurring after the date hereof, issuable in connection with the
Norwest Corporation Savings-Investment Plan and any successor plan, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
this 27th day of April, 1999.


                                   /s/  Rodney L. Jacobs
                                ----------------------------
<PAGE>

                             WELLS FARGO & COMPANY


                               Power of Attorney
                          of Director and/or Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby make,
constitute and appoint PAUL HAZEN, RICHARD M. KOVACEVICH, LES S. BILLER, RODNEY
L. JACOBS, STANLEY S. STROUP and LAUREL A. HOLSCHUH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of
substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of the Company to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other applicable form,
and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of up to 21,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, including associated
preferred stock purchase rights, and an indeterminate amount of related plan
participation interests, adjusted for any change in the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, reverse stock splits or
stock dividends occurring after the date hereof, issuable in connection with the
Norwest Corporation Savings-Investment Plan and any successor plan, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
this 27th day of April, 1999.


                                   /s/  Richard M. Kovacevich
                                ---------------------------------
<PAGE>

                             WELLS FARGO & COMPANY


                               Power of Attorney
                          of Director and/or Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby make,
constitute and appoint PAUL HAZEN, RICHARD M. KOVACEVICH, LES S. BILLER, RODNEY
L. JACOBS, STANLEY S. STROUP and LAUREL A. HOLSCHUH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of
substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of the Company to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other applicable form,
and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of up to 21,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, including associated
preferred stock purchase rights, and an indeterminate amount of related plan
participation interests, adjusted for any change in the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, reverse stock splits or
stock dividends occurring after the date hereof, issuable in connection with the
Norwest Corporation Savings-Investment Plan and any successor plan, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
this 27th day of April, 1999.


                                        /s/  Richard D. McCormick
                                      ---------------------------------
<PAGE>

                             WELLS FARGO & COMPANY


                               Power of Attorney
                          of Director and/or Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby make,
constitute and appoint PAUL HAZEN, RICHARD M. KOVACEVICH, LES S. BILLER, RODNEY
L. JACOBS, STANLEY S. STROUP and LAUREL A. HOLSCHUH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of
substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of the Company to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other applicable form,
and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of up to 21,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, including associated
preferred stock purchase rights, and an indeterminate amount of related plan
participation interests, adjusted for any change in the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, reverse stock splits or
stock dividends occurring after the date hereof, issuable in connection with the
Norwest Corporation Savings-Investment Plan and any successor plan, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
this 27th day of April, 1999.


                                        /s/  Cynthia H. Milligan
                                      -----------------------------------
<PAGE>

                             WELLS FARGO & COMPANY


                               Power of Attorney
                          of Director and/or Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby make,
constitute and appoint PAUL HAZEN, RICHARD M. KOVACEVICH, LES S. BILLER, RODNEY
L. JACOBS, STANLEY S. STROUP and LAUREL A. HOLSCHUH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of
substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of the Company to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other applicable form,
and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of up to 21,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, including associated
preferred stock purchase rights, and an indeterminate amount of related plan
participation interests, adjusted for any change in the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, reverse stock splits or
stock dividends occurring after the date hereof, issuable in connection with the
Norwest Corporation Savings-Investment Plan and any successor plan, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
this 27th day of April, 1999.


                                         /s/  Benjamin F. Montoya
                                        ------------------------------------
<PAGE>

                             WELLS FARGO & COMPANY


                               Power of Attorney
                          of Director and/or Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby make,
constitute and appoint PAUL HAZEN, RICHARD M. KOVACEVICH, LES S. BILLER, RODNEY
L. JACOBS, STANLEY S. STROUP and LAUREL A. HOLSCHUH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of
substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of the Company to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other applicable form,
and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of up to 21,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, including associated
preferred stock purchase rights, and an indeterminate amount of related plan
participation interests, adjusted for any change in the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, reverse stock splits or
stock dividends occurring after the date hereof, issuable in connection with the
Norwest Corporation Savings-Investment Plan and any successor plan, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
this 27th day of April, 1999.


                                         /s/  Philip J. Quigley
                                        -----------------------------------
<PAGE>

                             WELLS FARGO & COMPANY


                               Power of Attorney
                          of Director and/or Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby make,
constitute and appoint PAUL HAZEN, RICHARD M. KOVACEVICH, LES S. BILLER, RODNEY
L. JACOBS, STANLEY S. STROUP and LAUREL A. HOLSCHUH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of
substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of the Company to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other applicable form,
and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of up to 21,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, including associated
preferred stock purchase rights, and an indeterminate amount of related plan
participation interests, adjusted for any change in the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, reverse stock splits or
stock dividends occurring after the date hereof, issuable in connection with the
Norwest Corporation Savings-Investment Plan and any successor plan, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
this 27th day of April, 1999.


                                        /s/  Donald B. Rice
                                       ------------------------------------
<PAGE>

                             WELLS FARGO & COMPANY


                               Power of Attorney
                          of Director and/or Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby make,
constitute and appoint PAUL HAZEN, RICHARD M. KOVACEVICH, LES S. BILLER, RODNEY
L. JACOBS, STANLEY S. STROUP and LAUREL A. HOLSCHUH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of
substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of the Company to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other applicable form,
and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of up to 21,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, including associated
preferred stock purchase rights, and an indeterminate amount of related plan
participation interests, adjusted for any change in the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, reverse stock splits or
stock dividends occurring after the date hereof, issuable in connection with the
Norwest Corporation Savings-Investment Plan and any successor plan, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
this 27th day of April, 1999.


                                          /s/  Ian M. Rolland
                                         ------------------------------
<PAGE>

                             WELLS FARGO & COMPANY


                               Power of Attorney
                          of Director and/or Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby make,
constitute and appoint PAUL HAZEN, RICHARD M. KOVACEVICH, LES S. BILLER, RODNEY
L. JACOBS, STANLEY S. STROUP and LAUREL A. HOLSCHUH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of
substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of the Company to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other applicable form,
and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of up to 21,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, including associated
preferred stock purchase rights, and an indeterminate amount of related plan
participation interests, adjusted for any change in the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, reverse stock splits or
stock dividends occurring after the date hereof, issuable in connection with the
Norwest Corporation Savings-Investment Plan and any successor plan, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
this 27th day of April, 1999.


                                         /s/  Judith M. Runstad
                                        -----------------------------------
<PAGE>

                             WELLS FARGO & COMPANY


                               Power of Attorney
                          of Director and/or Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby make,
constitute and appoint PAUL HAZEN, RICHARD M. KOVACEVICH, LES S. BILLER, RODNEY
L. JACOBS, STANLEY S. STROUP and LAUREL A. HOLSCHUH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of
substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of the Company to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other applicable form,
and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of up to 21,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, including associated
preferred stock purchase rights, and an indeterminate amount of related plan
participation interests, adjusted for any change in the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, reverse stock splits or
stock dividends occurring after the date hereof, issuable in connection with the
Norwest Corporation Savings-Investment Plan and any successor plan, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
this 27th day of April, 1999.


                                        /s/  Susan G. Swenson
                                       -------------------------------
<PAGE>

                             WELLS FARGO & COMPANY


                               Power of Attorney
                          of Director and/or Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby make,
constitute and appoint PAUL HAZEN, RICHARD M. KOVACEVICH, LES S. BILLER, RODNEY
L. JACOBS, STANLEY S. STROUP and LAUREL A. HOLSCHUH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of
substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of the Company to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other applicable form,
and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of up to 21,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, including associated
preferred stock purchase rights, and an indeterminate amount of related plan
participation interests, adjusted for any change in the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, reverse stock splits or
stock dividends occurring after the date hereof, issuable in connection with the
Norwest Corporation Savings-Investment Plan and any successor plan, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
this 27th day of April, 1999.


                                         /s/  Daniel M. Tellep
                                        -----------------------------------
<PAGE>

                             WELLS FARGO & COMPANY


                               Power of Attorney
                          of Director and/or Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby make,
constitute and appoint PAUL HAZEN, RICHARD M. KOVACEVICH, LES S. BILLER, RODNEY
L. JACOBS, STANLEY S. STROUP and LAUREL A. HOLSCHUH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of
substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer
of the Company to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other applicable form,
and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of up to 21,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, including associated
preferred stock purchase rights, and an indeterminate amount of related plan
participation interests, adjusted for any change in the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, reverse stock splits or
stock dividends occurring after the date hereof, issuable in connection with the
Norwest Corporation Savings-Investment Plan and any successor plan, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
this 27th day of April, 1999.


                                         /s/  Michael W. Wright
                                        -------------------------------



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