.Charles Schwab CEO Walt Bettinger is actually relinquishing his role in the end of December after 16 years leading the broker agent company, the provider declared Tuesday.Bettinger is going to be switched out on Jan. 1, 2025, through Charles Schwab President Rick Wurster. Bettinger is going to remain as the co-chair of Schwab's board.Stock Chart IconStock chart iconCharles Schwab, 5 yearsIn a declaration, Bettinger cited his 65th birthday next year as a factor to tip aside and complimented the selection of Wurster." The Schwab Board's well thought-out and regimented technique to progression planning assists create this transition smooth. Rick Wurster as well as I have interacted daily for more than eight years. I possess complete peace of mind in his management, and also I am actually thrilled that the Schwab Board of Directors has selected him as my successor," the statement said.In a meeting on CNBC's "Squawk Container," Wurster suggested that there would certainly not be any sort of instant adjustment in approach along with the chief executive officer handoff." I don't think there will be actually a switch in the sense that our team are actually visiting proceed what our experts've been actually carrying out, which is provide for our customers and also please them," Wurster said.Since Bettinger consumed in 2008, the company's client assets have actually increased to $9.74 trillion coming from $1.14 trillion, as well as customer brokerage profiles have actually expanded to more than 43 thousand from far fewer than 10 thousand. This growth is due in part to Schwab's accomplishment of TD Ameritrade, which enclosed 2020. Bettinger pointed out on "Squawk Package" that the integration of Ameritrade was actually accomplished previously this year as well as was actually another main reason that he presumed this was actually a great time to tip aside coming from the CEO role.Schwab's stock has actually increased roughly 150% throughout Bettinger's tenure, which began at the center of the monetary problems, yet it has actually underperformed the wider market over the past 2 years." I often state that very few Chief executive officers halve their firm's inventory rate in the 1st 90 days, however that was virtually what I walked in to in the economic situation," Bettinger claimed on "Squawk Container." Portions of Schwab were actually down about 1% in early morning trading Tuesday.