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Fairbank received a bachelor"s degree in Economics from in 1972, and an Master of Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1981, where he graduated first in his class, as well as receiving the Excellence in Leadership award from the University in 2006.
Richard Fairbank is an American businessman who founded Capital One with Nigel Morris in 1988, and is its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He also serves on the board of directors of MasterCard International, and is the Chairman of MasterCard International"s United States. Region Board of Directors. In 2012, Fairbank"s total compensation was $22.6 million. Fairbank has received a base salary of zero dollars since 1997.
Fairbank has been awarded Washingtonian’s "Business Leader of the Year", Worth’s list of the top 10 Chief executive officers and "50 Best Chief executive officers", Future Banker’s list of "influential personalities in financial services", Cr Card Management’s "Entrepreneur of the Year". And The Gartner Group’s "Excellence in Technology." Fairbank received a bachelor"s degree in Economics from Stanford University in 1972, and an Master of Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1981, where he graduated first in his class, as well as receiving the Excellence in Leadership award from the University in 2006.
He is a member of the Stanford Business School Advisory Council, the Financial Services Roundtable, and the board of directors of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science Technology Forum.
