Richard D. Fairbank
📊 CEO Reputation Score
FY2025 vs FY2024 · Source: SEC EDGAR filings- Free cash flow: $17.0B → $26.1B (+54.2% YoY) — fiscal 2025 vs fiscal 2024
- Profit (net income): $4.8B → $2.5B (−48.4% YoY) — fiscal 2025 vs fiscal 2024
Overview
Richard D. Fairbank is the founder, chairman & ceo of Capital One since 1994. Capital One is a Financials company headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia, founded in 1994, and one of the 500 companies in the S&P 500 — every one of which is profiled on this site.
Leadership
Richard holds the chief executive role at Capital One with the title Founder, Chairman & CEO — in post since 1994. This page is the concise leadership record for Capital One in the S&P 500 CEO index; the site's fully researched long-form profiles (career timelines, education, achievements, setbacks, philosophy and sourced quotes) currently cover the index's ten largest companies, and this entry will be expanded in the same format. Richard D. Fairbank is a founder of the company — a distinction shared by only a minority of the chief executives in this index.
At a Glance
- Sector: Financials
- Ticker: $COF
- Headquarters: Tysons Corner, Virginia
- Founded: 1994
- CEO since: 1994
- Index: S&P 500 (#82 of 500)