Post 200: Top D.C.-Area Businesses

Fairchild Corp. / FA

About Fairchild Corp.

1750 Tysons Blvd., Suite 1400, McLean, Va. 22102
www.fairchild.com | 703-478-5800 | Founded: 1956

Industry: Other | Category: Top 100 Companies

Fairchild designs and sells protective gear and accessories for motorcyclists in Europe and the United States and provides parts to planes. Although a buyout attempt by Phoenix Group and Fairchild head Jeffrey Steiner failed, the private-equity firm isn't out of the picture. Phoenix Group bought 30 percent of Fairchild's shares, and its chairman, Philip Sassower, and an associate are on the board. The company had been behind on financial filings but caught up at the end of March.

Chairman and CEO: Jeffrey J. Steiner

2007 Financial Data

Total employees: 784 | Local employees: 31

Company Leadership

Didier Choix	Director
Robert E. Edwards	Director
Andrea Goren	Director
Daniel Lebard	Director
Glenn Myles	Director
Eric Steiner	President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
Michael J. Vantusko	Director
Jeffrey Josef Steiner	Chief Executive
Philip S. Sassower	Chairman

Source: Compensation data provided by Equilar, Inc..

Did You Know

WELL-TRAVELED: Steiner was born in Austria, grew up in Turkey and headed the Latin American and European subsidiaries of Texas Instruments.