Richard Dana Fairbank (born September 18, 1950)[1] is an American billionaire businessman who co-founded Capital One with Nigel Morris in 1988.
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.
"[5] Fairbank enrolled at Pomona College[6] before transferring to Stanford University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in economics in 1972.
[10][11] In January 2018, with Capital One's share price reaching a record high, Fairbank's net worth rose to about $1.1 billion.
[14][15] They own and live at Overlook Farm, near Gunston Hall on the Potomac River in Virginia.