Henry Wells

Henry Wells (1805–1878) was an American businessman who co-founded American Express and Wells Fargo and helped build the express-mail industry.

William Fargo: William Fargo (1818–1881) was an American expressman, politician, and co-founder of Wells Fargo and American Express. Fargo partnered with Wells to establish both American Express and Wells Fargo.
Express mail: Express mail is a service for transporting letters and parcels rapidly through dedicated routes and carriers. Wells’s businesses helped develop the American express-mail system.
Wells Fargo: Wells Fargo is an American financial services company founded in 1852 as an express and banking business serving the western United States. Wells co-founded it to carry valuables and provide financial services in the West.
Adams Express Company: Adams Express Company was a major American express firm founded in 1840 and a competitor of American Express. Its rivalry shows the competitive market Wells’s firms entered.
John Warren Butterfield: John Warren Butterfield (1801–1869) was an American businessman who co-founded American Express with Henry Wells and William Fargo. Butterfield joined Wells and Fargo in forming American Express in 1850.
William F. Harnden: William F. Harnden (1812–1845) was an American expressman whose Boston–New York service helped pioneer the express business. Wells entered the trade that Harnden had helped establish.
Pony Express: The Pony Express was a mail service that carried messages by horseback across the western United States from 1860 to 1861. Wells Fargo briefly operated this fast but short-lived western mail route.
Express company: An express company transports parcels, valuables, and messages rapidly through organized routes and agents. Wells helped turn this business model into a large, connected industry.
Johnston Livingston: Johnston Livingston was a New York businessman and early partner in the express company that became American Express. Livingston’s firm and Wells’s express operations combined in the company’s formation.
Harnden's Express: Harnden's Express was an early American express company founded by William F. Harnden in 1839. Wells worked in the express trade before founding competing companies.

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