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Working at Fairfax

Zippia score 4.5

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Fairfax overview

Industry
Investment Banking
Revenue
$10B
Headquarters
Employees
8,200
Founded in
-
Website
Organization type
Public
CEO
Vivian Prem Watsa
Fairfax Financial is a financial holding company based in Toronto, Ontario, which is engaged in property, casualty, and life insurance and reinsurance, investment management, and insurance claims management.
The staff at Fairfax come from unusually diverse demographic backgrounds. The company is 54.4% female and 40.9% ethnic minorities. Fairfax employees are slightly more likely to be members of the Democratic Party than the Republican Party, with 64.0% of employees identifying as members of the Democratic Party. Despite their political differences, employees at Fairfax seem to be happy. The company has great employee retention with staff members usually staying for 4.1 years.
Based in Stamford, CT, Fairfax is a key player in the finance industry with 8,200 employees and an annual revenue of $10.0B.

Fairfax's mission statement

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The team at Fairfax

  • The founders of Fairfax is Vivian Prem Watsa.
  • The key people at Fairfax is Vivian Prem Watsa.
Key people
Vivian Prem Watsa

Fairfax rankings

Fairfax is ranked #33 on the Best Finance companies to work for in Connecticut list. Zippia's Best Places to Work lists provide unbiased, data-based evaluations of companies. Rankings are based on government and proprietary data on salaries, company financial health, and employee diversity.

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Fairfax salaries

Average Fairfax salary
$42,580
yearly
$20.47 hourly
Updated March 14, 2024

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Fairfax diversity

9.9
Diversity score
We calculated Fairfax’s diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Fairfax’s workforce.
Fairfax diversity summary. Zippia estimates Fairfax's demographics and statistics using a database of 30 million profiles. Zippia verifies estimates with BLS, Census, and current job openings data for accuracy. We calculated Fairfax's diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Fairfax's workforce.
  • Fairfax has 8,200 employees.
  • 54% of Fairfax employees are women, while 46% are men.
  • The most common ethnicity at Fairfax is White (59%).
  • 14% of Fairfax employees are Black or African American.
  • 12% of Fairfax employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • The average employee at Fairfax makes $42,580 per year.
  • Fairfax employees are most likely to be members of the democratic party.
  • Employees at Fairfax stay with the company for 4.1 years on average.

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Fairfax financial performance

9.8
Performance score

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