Post 200: Top D.C.-Area Businesses

Capital One Financial Corp. / COF

Capital One associate Gary Kensey works with a middle school student at Capital One's Junior Achievement Finance Park, a mobile financial education program.

Capital One associate Gary Kensey works with a middle school student at Capital One's Junior Achievement Finance Park, a mobile financial education program. (Photo: Courtesy of company.)

About Capital One Financial Corp.

1680 Capital One Dr., McLean, Va. 22102
www.capitalone.com | 703-720-1000 | Founded: 1995

Industry: Financial Services | Category: Top 100 Companies

The credit card company has been making strides to diversify in recent years, adding banks, a mortgage lender, an auto lender and other financial services to its portfolio. But the growing number of delinquencies and defaults caused by the credit crunch has overshadowed those efforts in the past year. Capital One experienced declining profit for much of the year and posted its first quarterly loss. The company was forced to shut down GreenPoint Mortgage, its mortgage lender.

Chairman and CEO: Richard D. Fairbank

Chairman and CEO: Richard D. Fairbank

2007 Financial Data

Total employees: 27,000 | Local employees: 800

Company Leadership

Edward R. Campbell Director
W. Ronald Dietz Director
Richard D. Fairbank Founder, Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
Patrick W. Gross Director
Ann Fritz Hackett Director
Lewis Hay III Director
Pierre E. Leroy Director
Mayo A. Shattuck III Director
Bradford H. Warner Director
Stanley I. Westreich Director
Richard D. Fairbank Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Gary L. Perlin Principal Accounting Officer and Chief Financial Officer
John G. Finneran Jr. General Counsel and Secretary
Peter A. Schnall Chief Risk Officer
David R. Lawson President, Capital One Auto Finance

Source: Compensation data provided by Equilar, Inc..

Richard D. Fairbank
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
$17,084,879
Salary: $0
Gary L. Perlin
Principal Accounting Officer and Chief Financial Officer
$9,502,869
Salary: $850,000
John G. Finneran Jr.
General Counsel and Secretary
$6,909,629
Salary: $666,667
Peter A. Schnall
Chief Risk Officer
$6,212,331
Salary: $545,833
David R. Lawson
President, Capital One Auto Finance
$4,272,443
Salary: $670,833

Did You Know

IT'S IN THE MAIL: Capital One, which sends out countless credit card offers, is one of the largest customers of the U.S. Postal Service.

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