Moines and downtown Des Moines is 200,000 more than the Empire State Building in New York City."If it wasn't for Mark Oman, Wells Fargo would not have built its mortgage headquarters here," said developer Bill Knapp, who sold the company the West Des Moines land where its operations are now located.
s Moines Partnership, said Oman, 56, is one of the giants of his generation, despite the fact that he generally keeps a low public profile."Mark Oman's leadership has extended far beyond his company's walls, offering our community valued guidance and counsel in both prosperous and challenging times.
Des Moines businessman Richard Levitt, whose family had sold Dial Finance to Norwest and who was on the Norwest board, selected Robert Gorsche, a Dial Finance veteran, and Mark Oman, a Gorsche protege, to fix the problem, which they did.Oman took over the mortgage lending operation when Gorsche reti
