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Ken Sena Joins Wells Fargo Securities’ Equity Research Team

08/07/2017
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Leading equity Internet analyst to direct Wells Fargo Securities global Internet coverage

NEW YORK – Wells Fargo Securities, the investment banking and capital markets business of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC), announced today that Internet analyst Ken Sena has joined the Global Research, Economics & Strategy division as managing director and head of Internet Equity Research. He will be based in New York, reporting to Sam Pearlstein and Todd Wickwire, co-heads of Equity Research.

“Ken is an exceptionally thoughtful and thematic analyst and a highly regarded collaborator. These attributes are essential as the Internet takes on ever-increasing importance in how investors think about key investable themes,” said Diane Schumaker-Krieg, global head of Research, Economics and Strategy at Wells Fargo Securities. “We see Ken as uniquely suited to lead discussions around these important industry intersections.”

In his new role, Sena will be working in close partnership with Internet and Advertising analyst Peter Stabler, who will continue to provide valuable industry and research insights, particularly around the digitizing media and advertising landscape.

Sena joins Wells Fargo after spending seven years heading the Internet equity research effort at Evercore ISI, where his coverage spanned global Internet and included such names as Google, Facebook, Amazon, Alibaba, Priceline, Tencent, Baidu, JD.com, among many others. Prior to joining Evercore ISI in 2010, Sena worked at Credit Suisse and Bear Stearns where he began his career in research in 2007. His career on the research side followed eight years of experience working in a number of digital and corporate strategy roles at MTV Networks and Time Inc. as well as in Investment Banking at Salomon Smith Barney. Sena graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania where he received BSE and BA degrees from the University’s Wharton School and the School of Arts & Sciences.

“I’m very excited to be part of the growing, highly respected research platform at Wells Fargo,” said Sena. “My team and I look forward to working with the broader Wells Fargo technology research group to deliver thoughtful, thematic ideas to our clients during such a dynamic time in the sector.”

About Wells Fargo Securities

Wells Fargo Securities delivers a comprehensive set of capital markets products and services, including public debt and equity origination and distribution, investment research, interest rate, commodity and equity risk hedging, mergers and acquisitions advice, prime services, structured lending facilities and municipal bond origination. The institutional capital markets business is comprised of more than 4,200 team members in 50+ locations across the U.S., Europe and Asia.

About Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.9 trillion in assets. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through more than 8,500 locations, 13,000 ATMs, the internet (wellsfargo.com) and mobile banking, and has offices in 42 countries and territories to support customers who conduct business in the global economy. With approximately 271,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 25 on Fortune’s 2017 rankings of America’s largest corporations. News, insights and perspectives from Wells Fargo are also available at Wells Fargo Stories.

Lylah Holmes 1-704-410-1018 – office 1-980-266-9261 – mobile Lylah.Holmes@WellsFargo.com

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