Abigail Johnson: The Story Behind the Fortune
Abigail Johnson is the chair and CEO of Fidelity Investments, the asset-management giant founded by her grandfather. A third-generation leader, she has pushed the firm into new areas including cryptocurrency.
Abigail Johnson is the chair and CEO of Fidelity Investments, the asset-management giant founded by her grandfather. A third-generation leader, she has pushed the firm into new areas including cryptocurrency.
Abigail Johnson inherited the foundation of this fortune and has grown it substantially since taking the reins.
She studied at Harvard Business School and is based in Massachusetts.
A few of the highlights on the public record: Third-generation leader of Fidelity Investments; An early mover in offering crypto to retirement savers; Joined the family firm in 1988.
The fortune shows up across our lists, too: #6 on The World's Richest Women (out of 11 tracked).
On net worth alone, the closest companies are Warren Buffett ($104.69B) and Elon Musk ($417.59B) — a reminder of how tightly bunched the very top of the wealth list really is.
Today, Abigail is worth an estimated $28.00B — #29 in the world on our real-time list, a figure that moves with the latest public reporting on her holdings.