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 the Company to a
Registration Statement on Form S-3 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 2,000,000 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 pursuant to the Wells Fargo & Company Direct Purchase and Dividend
Reinvestment Plan and any successor plan, 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 28th day of November, 2000.

/s/ LES BILLER                               /s/ RICHARD D. McCORMICK
/s/ MICHAEL R. BOWLIN                        /s/ CYNTHIA H. MILLIGAN
/s/ DAVID A. CHRISTENSEN                     /s/ BENJAMIN F. MONTOYA
/s/ SPENCER F. ECCLES                        /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/ MICHAEL W. WRIGHT
/s/ RICHARD M. KOVACEVICH