Why did you decide to leave Capital One in 2004 despite its massive success?
Replied byNigel Morris
Co-founder & Managing Partner at QED Investors
Niche: Finance
Revenue: Not Publicly Disclosed/month
Location: Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Started: 2007
We had grown Capital One into a twenty billion dollar public company operating in multiple countries, but the scale made the business slower and more bureaucratic. The entrepreneurial drive in me is a monster that requires constant creation. Waking up to manage a large corporation no longer satisfied my curiosity.
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