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Awards
We're honored to be recognized for our workplace and community involvement.
Business and Leadership
- Ranked #148 on the Fortune 500
- Ranked #15 by AON Hewitt Associates and FORTUNE magazine on “Top Companies for Leaders” list (highest ranked financial services company on North America list)
- Ranked on the annual InformationWeek 500 list of America's most innovative users of information technology
- Ranked Training magazine's Top 125 companies for employer-sponsored workforce training and development
- Listed on 2011 “350 World’s Most Admired Companies” by FORTUNE magazine
- Listed on The Financial Times “Global 500” (#382 up from # 413 last year)
- Capital One’s CEO, Rich Fairbank, awarded “Master Entrepreneur” by Ernst & Young as part of their 2011 Greater Washington Entrepreneur Of The Year® award series
- Capital One CFO, Gary Perlin, ranked 2nd as one of the best CFOs by financial analysts in the annual survey conducted by Institutional Investor Magazine
- Capital One CIO Rob Alexander named to Elite 8 2011 by Bank Systems and Technology magazine
- Capital One CEO Rich Fairbank named to “Top 10 Innovators of the Decade” by Bank Systems and Technology magazine
- Capital One’s National Direct Bank attained J.D. Power and Associates Call Center Certification through the Retail Banking Satisfaction Study
- Suzanne Hammett, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Risk Officer, and Heather Cox, Executive Vice President, US Card, listed on 25 Women to Watch by American Banker
- Capital One’s U.S. Card servicing contact center network received J.D. Power and Associates’ Call Center Certification
- Named “Bank of Year 2011 – United States” by The Banker
- Capital One ranked #23 on the “Leadership 500” (2011 Best in Leadership Development) by Leadership Excellence
Our Culture
- Named to Working Mother magazine's 100 Best Companies list
- Ranked on FORTUNE’S “100 Best Companies to Work For list”
- Ranked #3 on Diversity Edge magazine's Best Companies for Diverse Graduates
- Received Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility for Dallas, McLean and Richmond campuses
- Listed among the "Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality" by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation
- Named to Working Mother magazine’s “Best Companies for Hourly Workers” list
- Capital One listed on Diversity Inc.’s 2011 “25 Noteworthy Companies”
- Awarded the Alliance for Workplace Excellence's “Workplace Excellence Seal of Approval” and “Health & Wellness Trailblazer Award”
- Named to Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption’s “Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces” list
- Named one of the “Best Places to Work for Recent Grads” by Experience Inc.
Corporate Citizenship
- Received the Points of Light Corporate Engagement Award for associate volunteerism programs
- Awarded the Washington Business Journal's Community Impact Business Philanthropy Award
- Received The State of Louisiana Board of Education's Distinguished Partners in Education Award
- Received S. Buford Scott Leadership Award for exemplary leadership and commitment to expanding mentoring opportunities for Virginia youth
- Received Richmond Metropolitan Business League's Distinguished Service Award for community service efforts that support the small and minority business community in Central Virginia
- Capital One awarded “Corporate Leaders for Change Award” by the Fortune Society for support of affordable housing
- Named “Corporate Philanthropist of the Year” by Dallas Business Journal
- Capital One awarded “2011 Outstanding Corporate Citizen of the Year” by Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce
- Capital One named “Corporation of the Year” by the Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council
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