Rank #48
Abigail Johnson
Net worth $40.5B
Fidelity · United States
- Born
- Dec 19, 1961
- Age
- 64
- Source
- Fidelity
- Residence
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Master of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Hobart and William Smith
Net worth over time
Biography
- Abigail Johnson has served as CEO of Fidelity Investments since 2014, when she took over for her father, and has been chairman since 2016.
- Her grandfather, Edward Johnson II, founded the Boston-based mutual fund giant in 1946.
- She owns an estimated 29% stake of the firm, which as of December 2025 manages discretionary assets totaling $7.1 trillion.
- Johnson has embraced cryptocurrencies and, in 2018, Fidelity launched a platform that allows institutional investors to custody and trade bitcoin, ether and litecoin.
- She worked summers at Fidelity through college and joined full-time as an analyst in 1988 after receiving a Harvard M.B.A.
- The Johnson family is a frequent donor to nonprofits in the Boston area and has given money to Harvard, the Institute of Contemporary Art and Historic New England.