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CO-FOUNDER AND MANAGING PARTNER, QED INVESTORS, ALEXANDRIA
CO-FOUNDER AND MANAGING PARTNER, QED INVESTORS, ALEXANDRIA
Virginia Business// August 29, 2024//
In 1994, Morris co-founded Capital One Financial with Richard Fairbank, who remains the credit card giant’s chairman and CEO. Morris served as Capital One’s president and chief operating officer until 2004, when he decided it was time for something new.
In 2007, Morris partnered with Frank Rotman to launch QED Investors, a fintech venture capital platform. Today, the company has almost 225 portfolio companies, including 28 unicorns. Investments include Credit Karma, Klarna and SoFi Technologies. QED Investors has about $4 billion under management, and in March, the company opened a London office.
Morris has been named to Forbes’ annual Midas List, which recognizes the top venture capitalists in the world, for the last four years. Even so, in a post Morris published on LinkedIn last summer, he acknowledged he suffers from a bit of imposter syndrome. “I still feel like I have something to prove,” he wrote. “I call it the monster of my own ambition.”
Although Morris grew up in England mostly, he is “at least” half Welsh. An avid cyclist, Morris has four children and four grandchildren.
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