On March 18, 1852, in New York City, Henry Wells and William
G. Fargo join with several other investors to launch their
namesake business, today one of the world’s largest banks.

The discovery of gold in California in 1849 prompted a huge
spike in the demand for cross-country shipping. Wells and
Fargo decided to take advantage of these great opportunities.

After later mergers, the Wells Fargo Bank American
Trust Company—shortened to the Wells Fargo Bank
in 1962, became, and has remained, one of the biggest
banking institutions in the United States.      

   

Donald John Trump is a Republican politician, 
media personality, and businessman who
served as the 45th president of the  United
States from 2017 to  2021. 

Gertrude (Gert) Boyle (March 6, 1924 – November 3, 2019)

Gert Boyle was a German-born businesswoman in Portland, Oregon. After
her family fled Nazi Germany, her father started Columbia Sportswear,
where she later became president. As of 2013, she was the chairperson
of the company,as well as a philanthropist and memoirist.

Henry Bloch in 1945 with the Army Air
Corps as a navigator on B-17 bombers.

Henry Wollman Bloch (July 30, 1922 – April 23, 2019)

 
Henry Bloch (right) with brother Richard.

Liliane Henriette Charlotte Bettencourt (October 21, 1922 – September 21, 2017) 

PARIS (AP) — Liliane Bettencourt, the L’Oreal cosmetics heiress and the world’s
richest woman, has died at her home in a chic Parisian suburb.

Bettencourt’s daughter, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, said in a written statement Thursday that her mother “left peacefully” overnight in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Liliane Bettencourt was the only child of Eugene Schueller, who founded L’Oreal
in the early 20th century. Forbes magazine estimated her fortune to be worth
$39.5 billion this year.