Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> September 20, 2000

Paul Paquin – Capital One Financial Corporation (cof)

PAUL PAQUIN joined Capital One Financial Corporation in January 1995 as Vice President for Investor Relations. Prior to joining Capital One, Mr. Paquin spent 22 years at Fannie Mae, where he created and managed one of the finest investor relations programs in the country. During his tenure, the price of Fannie Mae stock increased tenfold. In August 1991 Institutional Investor magazine recognized Mr. Paquin as one of the 10 best investor relations officers in the country. Mr. Paquin completed his undergraduate BSBA and graduate MBA degrees from Clark University in Worcester, MA. He has completed the PhD requirements (except for the dissertation) in Quantitative Economics at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. Profile
TWST: Could we start with a brief overview of Capital One Financial

Corporation?

Mr. Paquin: Capital One began as the credit card division of Signet

Bank. In late 1994, we spun off with an