Oman's group of businesses — Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Wells Fargo Financial, and Card Services and Consumer Lending — will remain in its current form, continue as a Group to report to Oman, and continue to be headquartered in Des Moines. "Thanks to Mark's outstanding leadership through three decades with our company, the mortgage loan — with checking, investments and insurance — became one of our company's four core products and part of the foundation of our company's vision," said Wells Fargo chairman Dick Kovacevich. "His significant role in building one of America's largest and most respected mortgage companies I believe is one of the great success stories in U.S. financial services." Oman, 53, joined Norwest Financial, the consumer finance subsidiary of the former Norwest Corporation (now Wells Fargo & Company), in 1979 in financial reporting, then as manager of treasury and audit services.