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Exhibit 24.1
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
Power of Attorney
of Director and/or Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of WELLS FARGO & COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, does hereby make,
constitute and appoint RICHARD M. KOVACEVICH, LES S. BILLER, ROSS J. KARI,
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 said Company to
a Registration Statement on Form S-4 and/or other applicable form, and all
amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by said
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 670,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company and any preferred stock
purchase rights associated with such shares, 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, which
may be issued in connection with the acquisition by the Company of Buffalo
National Bancshares, Inc., Buffalo, Minnesota and its subsidiary, 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 25th day of July, 2000.
/s/ LES S. BILLER /s/ RICHARD D. McCORMICK
/s/ J.A. BLANCHARD III /s/ CYNTHIA H. MILLIGAN
/s/ MICHAEL R. BOWLIN /s/ BENJAMIN F. MONTOYA
/s/ DAVID A. CHRISTENSEN /s/ PHILIP J. QUIGLEY
/s/ SUSAN E. ENGEL /s/ DONALD B. RICE
/s/ PAUL HAZEN /s/ JUDITH M. RUNSTAD
/s/ ROBERT L. JOSS /s/ SUSAN G. SWENSON
/s/ REATHA CLARK KING /s/ CHANG-LIN TIEN
/s/ RICHARD M. KOVACEVICH /s/ MICHAEL W. WRIGHT
