First Market Bank CEO's plans didn't include banking

David J. Fairchild, MBA '76, thought he'd follow his father in the family business. The plan was to get his master's in business administration and return to Reno.

A job fair would change the direction of his life. Central National Bank in Richmond, a predecessor bank to Wachovia Corp., had a job opening for a credit analyst.

Read the full story from the Richmond Times-Dispatch.