.Charles Schwab CEO Walt Bettinger is actually retiring from his role in the end of December after 16 years leading the stock broker organization, the business declared Tuesday.Bettinger will be switched out on Jan. 1, 2025, by Charles Schwab President Rick Wurster. Bettinger will definitely continue to be as the co-chair of Schwab's board.Stock Chart IconStock graph iconCharles Schwab, 5 yearsIn a statement, Bettinger mentioned his 65th birthday upcoming year as an explanation to step aside as well as applauded the selection of Wurster." The Schwab Board's helpful and also regimented technique to sequence planning helps make this shift smooth. Rick Wurster and also I have actually interacted every day for greater than 8 years. I have total confidence in his management, and also I am actually delighted that the Schwab Board of Supervisors has actually picked him as my successor," the statement said.In a meeting on CNBC's "Squawk Carton," Wurster indicated that there would certainly not be actually any urgent modification in tactic along with the chief executive officer handoff." I don't believe there will definitely be actually a switch in the feeling that our company're mosting likely to proceed what our team have actually been doing, which is provide for our customers as well as delight all of them," Wurster said.Since Bettinger managed in 2008, the firm's client possessions have expanded to $9.74 trillion from $1.14 mountain, and also customer brokerage firm accounts have actually developed to more than 43 thousand from less than 10 million. This development schedules partially to Schwab's achievement of TD Ameritrade, which closed in 2020. Bettinger pointed out on "Squawk Container" that the integration of Ameritrade was finished earlier this year and also was an additional explanation that he assumed this was actually a good time to step aside from the CEO role.Schwab's sell has risen about 150% throughout Bettinger's tenure, which started at the center of the financial crisis, however it has actually underperformed the more comprehensive market over recent 2 years." I frequently point out that not many Chief executive officers halve their firm's supply cost in the very first 90 times, yet that was more or less what I walked into in the monetary situation," Bettinger pointed out on "Squawk Container." Shares of Schwab were actually down about 1% in early morning trading Tuesday.