Abbot Downing serves clients in all 50 states through offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Scottsdale, Minneapolis, Chicago, Houston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Winston-Salem, Palm Beach, Naples and other regional offices. Abbot Downing is the world’s eighth-largest family office based on assets, according to the 2013 Bloomberg Markets survey. Wells Fargo launched the Abbot Downing  brand on April 2, 2012, combining two Wells Fargo businesses. The original Abbot Downing built the iconic stagecoaches that have come to represent Wells Fargo.