


Employees at Capital One rank Richard Fairbank in the Top 10% of CEOs in Washington, DC. Comparatively, employees at Sonic Automotive rank Bruton Smith in the Top 50% of CEOs in Hickory, NC. Employees rate their CEO differently based on the frequency of interaction, ability to affect company culture, and drive measurable results.

CEO of Capital One
BIO: Mr. Richard D. Fairbank is the Founder of Capital One Bank and serves as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Fairbank founded Capital One Financial Corporation in 1988 and has been its Executive Chairman since February 28, 1995, Chief Executive Officer since July 26, 1994 and President since April 24, 2003. He co-founded Advocate Financial LLC in 1998. He has been Head of MasterCard's U.S. region since 1995. He serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Capital One Auto Finance and Chairman of Capital One, F.S.B., two of Capital Ones primary lending subsidiaries. He founded North Fork Bank and served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Fairbank began his career in 1981 with Strategic Planning Associates, spending a total of seven years consulting in different industries. Based on his belief that information and technology would change the world of consumer marketing, he developed the idea that would ultimately become the hallmark of Capital One???-its Information Based Strategy (IBS). He served as the Chairman of MasterCard's U.S. region at MasterCard Worldwide Inc. from March 2002 to February 2004. Mr. Fairbank has been an Executive Director of Capital One Financial Corporation since July 26, 1994. He serves as a Director of Capital One's three principal subsidiaries, Capital One Bank the Bank, Capital One, F.S.B. the Savings Bank and Capital One Auto Finance Inc. He served as Director of Mastercard Incorporated since 2003. He served as a Director of MasterCard Worldwide since 2003 and served as Director of MasterCard's U.S. region from March 1995 to February 2004. Mr. Fairbank served as Director of MasterCard International Incorporated since 2003. Mr. Fairbank began his career in 1981 as a consultant with Strategic Planning Associates (SPA) (which later became Mercer Management) spending seven years as a consultant and specialising in the banking industry. He has received many honors and awards including being named Best Chief Executive Officer in specialty finance by Institutional Investor magazine and Business Leader of the Year by Washingtonian Magazine. Mr. Fairbank has often been recognized for his community and industry leadership, including his 2008 appointment to the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation. He also was honored as a 2008 Washington Business Hall of Fame Laureate and was named 2006 Banker of the Year by the American Banker. Mr. Fairbank graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics from Stanford University and received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

CEO of Sonic Automotive
BIO: Mr. O. Bruton Smith serves as the President of Atlanta Motor Speedway Inc and Marcus David Corporation. Mr. Smith serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Manager at SRE California - 7 SCB, LLC. Mr. Smith Co-Founded and has been the Chairman of the Board of Sonic Automotive Inc since January 1997. He serves as the Chief Executive Officer of SRE California - 9 BHB, LLC. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Speedway Motorsports, Inc. since December 1994 until February 2015. He has been the Executive Chairman of Speedway Motorsports, Inc. since December 1994. He is the Owner of Sonic Financial Corporation. Mr. Smith has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Atlanta Motor Speedway, Inc., (???AMS???) since 1990, Texas Motor Speedway, Inc., (???TMS???) since its formation in 1995, Bristol Motor Speedway, Inc. (???BMS???) since January 1996, the subsidiary operating Infineon Raceway (???IR???) since November 1996 and the subsidiary operating Las Vegas Motor Speedway (???LVMS???) since December 1998. He served as Chief Executive Officer opf Sonic Automotive Inc. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Speedway Motorsports, Inc. since December 1994 until February 2015. Mr. Smith served as the Chief Executive Officer of Charlotte Motor Speedway, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Speedway Motorsports, Inc. and its predecessor entities (???CMS???) since 1975, which he originally founded in 1959. He has worked in the retail automobile industry since 1966. He serves as the Chairman of Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Inc. Mr. Smith served as Director of Charlotte Motor Speedway, LLC.

Women at Capital One rated their CEO an A+

Women at Sonic Automotive rated their CEO a D

Diverse Employees at Capital One rated their CEO an A+

Diverse Employees at Sonic Automotive rated their CEO a D-


At Capital One, employees in the Business Development department rate Richard Fairbank the highest. According to employees, Richard Fairbank's ability to drive business results is Good. At Sonic Automotive, the Operations department's employees rate their CEO highest. And, 25% of Sonic Automotive's employees approve of their CEO's management style.