Richard Fairbank

$1.45B
as of 02/18/25

About Richard Fairbank

Richard Fairbank is the chairman and CEO of Capital One Financial, a U.S. bank known for its credit cards.

He presided over the bank's creation in 1994, helping it branch out into credit card and loan services.

He owns just under 1% of the bank's shares and has sold hundreds of millions of dollars of the stock over the years.

He resides in the Washington D.C. area and is a part owner of the Washington Capitals professional ice hockey team.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

banking

Residence

McLean, Virginia

Marital status

Married

Birth date

09/01/50 (age 74)

Number of children

8

Education

Master of Business Administration, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Bachelor of Arts/Economics, Stanford University

Self-made

self-made

Richard Fairbank’s fortune is worth

24K

troy ounces of gold

22K

median U.S. household

14K

median U.S. income

0.029%

U.S. credit card volume

0.006%

GDP of the United States

0.004%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Fairbank and his wife, Chris, have eight children.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

NYSE | COF-US

Capital One Financial Group

NYSE | COF-US

Capital One Financial Group

NYSE | COF-US

Capital One Financial Group

NYSE | COF-US

Capital One Financial Group

NYSE | COF-US

Capital One Financial Group

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