KEITH KOBATA
REGION EXECUTIVE
WELLS FARGO
WHY: Took over position in 2017, responsible for consumer side of OC’s third-biggest bank, including 77 OC branches. Oversees 1,100+ employees.
IN THE NEWS: Active in community events and nonprofits; serves on the board of directors for OC Business Council, OC United Way and Wells Fargo’s local Foundation Giving Council.
NOTABLE: 30 years at bank. Came up through ranks, worked his way up from banker to assistant branch manager to branch manager to district manager. Before he took his current job, he managed Wells Fargo’s North OC and Long Beach regions.
QUOTABLE: “Even though customers think of Wells Fargo as a big bank, we are creating a feeling of a community bank.”
