Richard Fairbank
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- For the lawyer and diplomat, see Richard M. FairbanksRichard M. FairbanksRichard Monroe Fairbanks III is a United States lawyer, diplomat, and businessman.-Biography:An Indianapolis native, Richard M. Fairbanks was educated at Yale University, receiving an A.B. After college, he served in the United States Navy as a Regular Officer...
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Richard Fairbank founded Capital One
Capital One
Capital One Financial Corp. is a U.S.-based bank holding company specializing in credit cards, home loans, auto loans, banking and savings products...
with Nigel Morris
Nigel Morris
Nigel Morris is a businessman who co-founded Capital One with Richard Fairbank, and retired as COO in 2004.He lent the Labour Party £1,000,000 as part of the Cash for peerages affair....
in 1988, and is currently the Chairman and CEO. He also serves on the board of directors
Board of directors
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of MasterCard International
MasterCard
Mastercard Incorporated or MasterCard Worldwide is an American multinational financial services corporation with its headquarters in the MasterCard International Global Headquarters, Purchase, Harrison, New York, United States...
, and is the Chairman of MasterCard International's U.S. Region Board of Directors. He is a member of the Stanford Business School Advisory Council, the Financial Services Roundtable, and the board of directors of the BITS Technology Forum.
Fairbank has been awarded Washingtonian
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’s "Business Leader of the Year", Worth
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’s list of the top 10 CEOs and "50 Best CEOs", Future Banker’s list of "influential personalities in financial services", Credit Card Management’s "Entrepreneur of the Year"; and The Gartner Group
Gartner
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’s "Excellence in Technology." Fairbank received a bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
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in Economics
Economics
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from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
in 1972, and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business
Stanford Graduate School of Business
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in 1981, where he graduated first in his class.