A fluid bearing motor having sufficient room for securing an air chamber for use in quickly discharging bubbles that have entered a thrust fluid bearing and a reservoir for supplying a lubricating fluid to the thrust fluid bearing. Moreover, the fluid bearing motor can easily be fabricated. The fluid bearing motor includes a shaft member 1, a sleeve 2 cooperating with the shaft member and a thrust collar 3 which is fixed to the shaft member 1 and extended in the diametric direction. The circumferentially-directed contour of the outer peripheral face of the thrust collar 3 is made elliptic, so that a reservoir 8 and an air chamber 9 are formed between the outer peripheral face of the thrust collar 3 and the face 4a of the mating member (sleeve).