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Wells Fargo ex-CEO John Stumpf resigns from Chevron, Target boards

John Stumpf's fall from grace started with a $185m regulatory settlement for Wells Fargo
John Stumpf's fall from grace started with a $185m regulatory settlement for Wells Fargo

John Stumpf resigned from the boards of Chevron and Target a week after he quit Wells Fargo & Co as chief executive bowing to pressure over its sales tactics. 

John Stumpf resigned for personal reasons and not as a result of a disagreement with Chevron, the second largest US-based oil producer said in a regulatory filing.

Chevron said on October 3 that it supported Stumpf despite concerns about his leadership at Wells Fargo.

Target did not give a reason for Stumpf's resignation. 

Stumpf joined the boards of Chevron and Target in 2010. 

Stumpf, who notified the companies' boards on Monday that he intends to resign, still serves on the board of Financial Services Roundtable, an advocacy group for the US financial industry. 

Wells Fargo said on October 12 that Stumpf, 63, was retiring and would be replaced by President and Chief Operating Officer Tim Sloan. 

Stumpf's fall from grace started with a $185m regulatory settlement among the bank, regulatory authorities and a Los Angeles prosecutor over its staff opening as many as 2 million accounts without customers' knowledge. 

The misconduct, carried out by low-level branch staff to meet internal sales targets, shattered the bank's image and a raft of federal and state investigations followed.