Chairman and Chief Executive Officer · Capital One Financial Corporation (COF)

Richard Fairbank

A named executive officer of Capital One Financial in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$64,971,137

FY2024: $30,829,070

1st of 5 named executive officers at Capital One Financial by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for Capital One Financial, FY2025

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The filing gives the total. Capital One Financial’s full Executive Compensation Report gives every award, the disclosed peer set and what the total leaves out — the pair adds the board’s.

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 25, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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Richard Fairbank compensation by year

Capital One Financial Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Capital One Financial reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Bonus$2,677,500$3,727,500$4,200,000$3,000,000$3,000,000$4,550,000$4,250,000$5,000,000$5,500,000$6,700,000
Stock awards$12,285,042$10,535,121$12,985,071$4,550,031$16,750,159$15,817,843$23,248,940$23,458,681$25,206,709$58,127,029
Option awards$1,750,003$1,750,018$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$3,407$4,161$4,894$6,028$4,148$3,540$5,462$10,832$12,143$10,831
All other$205,185$158,970$143,831$149,733$365,664$86,170$100,909$120,060$110,218$133,277
Total$16,921,137$16,175,770$17,333,796$7,705,792$20,119,971$20,457,553$27,605,311$28,589,573$30,829,070$64,971,137

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Capital One Financial Corporation DEF 14A filed March 25, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-124131, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Capital One Financial Corporation filed document, accession 0001193125-26-124131. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 25, 2026.

$16.9M
$16.2M
$17.3M
$7.7M
$20.1M
$20.5M
$27.6M
$28.6M
$30.8M
$65.0M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
BonusStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU140,459$34,041,643—
RSU136,794$33,153,394—
RSU76,676$18,583,195—
RSU76,675$18,582,953—
RSU64,100$15,535,276—
RSU53,309$12,919,969—
RSU46,820$11,347,295—
RSU34,550$8,373,538—
RSU24,986$6,055,607—
RSU21,008$5,821,730—
RSU24,021$5,091,499—
RSU18,378$4,454,092—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Capital One Financial Corporation's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it. The 12 largest of 14 award rows shown.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

5 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 25, 2026)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-10-27Exercise or conversion10b5-140,743$86.344,109,263
2026-10-27Sale10b5-137,025$203.294,025,393
2026-10-27Sale10b5-16,873$204.194,018,520
2026-10-27Sale10b5-146,845$202.324,062,418
2026-10-27Exercise or conversion derivative10b5-140,743$0.0040,743

The 5 most recent of 5 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Capital One Financial’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Richard Fairbank · this pageChairman and Chief Executive Officer$64,971,137
Matthew CooperGeneral Counsel and Corporate Secretary; President, Discover Integration$15,602,401
Mark Daniel MouadebPresident, Card$12,099,450
Frank LaPrade IIIChief Enterprise Services Officer and Chief of Staff to the CEO$10,756,413
Andrew YoungChief Financial Officer$9,771,389

Board service

Capital One Financial board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Capital One Financial pays directors a $100,000 cash retainer and $235,170 in RSUs. As stated in Capital One Financial's FY2025 proxy.

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