Yale School of Management - John R. Shrewsberry '87

"Every day in my business life I am reminded of the value of my degree as I use the quantitative and leadership skills that I learned almost 20 years ago at Yale SOM. I continue to appreciate how unique this program is with its emphasis on government and nonprofit management as well as for-profit business. In today’s environment of increased government regulation, that emphasis and understanding is more valuable than ever.

The impact of the program extends beyond my professional life. Many of my closest friends and associates today are people I met at Yale SOM. I think the people you choose to keep close to you reflect your system of values and beliefs and I am proud to count my former classmates among my closest friends."

John Shrewsberry is an executive vice president and group head of Wells Fargo Securities, based in San Francisco. He is responsible for investment banking, capital markets, institutional fixed income, equity, and derivatives sales and trading, investment research, and a credit-intensive principal investment portfolio. Wells Fargo Securities has offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia. John is also a member of the Wells Fargo Management Committee.

With more than 20 years of experience in banking and investing, John assumed his current role in 2006. From 2001 through 2005, he was the group head of Wells Fargo Commercial Capital, the successor to a commercial finance company he co-founded that became part of Wells Fargo in 2001. Previously, John worked at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse First Boston in the principal finance areas.

John earned his BA in economics from Claremont McKenna College, in Claremont, CA, and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.

John currently serves on the boards for the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation and the American Bankers Association Securities Association. Committed to serving the communities around him, John also serves on the boards of the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance and the San Francisco Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.