EXHIBIT 24.1


                             WELLS FARGO & COMPANY

                               Power of Attorney
                          of Director and/or Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned 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
one or more Registration Statements on Form S-8 or other applicable form, and
all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by the
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 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, including associated
preferred stock purchase rights, and an indeterminate amount of related plan
participation interests, 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, issuable in connection with the
Wells Fargo & Company 401(k) 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 24th day of April, 2001.

/s/ LES BILLER                     /s/ CYNTHIA H. MILLIGAN
/s/ J.A. BLANCHARD III             /s/ BENJAMIN F. MONTOYA
/s/ MICHAEL R. BOWLIN              /s/ PHILIP J. QUIGLEY
/s/ DAVID A. CHRISTENSEN           /s/ DONALD B. RICE
/s/ ROBERT L. JOSS                 /s/ JUDITH M. RUNSTAD
/s/ REATHA CLARK KING              /s/ SUSAN G. SWENSON
/s/ RICHARD D. McCORMICK           /s/ MICHAEL W. WRIGHT