Who We Are History Awards Leadership		Richard Fairbank is founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Capital One® Financial Corporation. Capital One, headquartered in McLean, Virginia, is a financial holding company whose principal subsidiaries are Capital One Bank, Capital One, F.S.B., Capital One Auto Finance Inc., and Hibernia National Bank. Capital One offers a variety of consumer lending and deposit products, including credit cards, auto loans, small business loans, home equity loans, installment loans, and savings products. Mr. Fairbank founded Capital One in 1988 based on his belief that the power of information, technology, testing and great people could be combined to bring highly customized financial products directly to consumers. Since then, Capital One has emerged as one of the America's largest consumer franchises with almost 50 million customer accounts and one of the nation's most recognized brands.