Abigail Johnson
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Abigail Johnson at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center on April 24, 2012
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| Born | Abigail Pierrepont Johnson December 19, 1961 (age 62) |
| Residence | Boston, Massachusetts[1] |
| Citizenship | United States[1] |
| Education | William Smith College Harvard Business School |
| Occupation | CEO and President, Fidelity Investments Chairman, Fidelity International |
| Net worth |  US$13.2 billion (June 2015)[2] |
| Spouse(s) | Christopher J. McKown (m. 1988)[3][4] |
| Children | 2[1][4] |
| Relatives | Edward C. Johnson II (grandfather), Edward C. Johnson III (father), Edward C. Johnson IV (brother),[5] Elizabeth Johnson (sister) |
Abigail Pierrepont "Abby" Johnson[3] (born December 19, 1961) is an American businesswoman. Since 2014, Johnson is President and Chief Executive Officer of US investment firm Fidelity Investments (FMR),[6] and chairman of its international sister company Fidelity International (FIL).
Fidelity was founded by her grandfather Edward C. Johnson II. Her father Edward C. "Ned" Johnson III remains Chairman of FMR. As of March 2013, the Johnson family owned a 49% stake in the company.
Johnson's wealth of approximately $13 billion[2] makes her one of the world's wealthiest women. In 2015, she was ranked as the 19th most powerful woman in the world according to Forbes.[7]
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Education and career
Johnson graduated from Hobart and William Smith with a bachelor of arts degree in art history in 1984.[8] After brief stint as a consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton from 1985–86, Johnson completed an MBA at Harvard Business School and joined Fidelity as an analyst and portfolio manager in 1988.[9] She was promoted to an executive role in Fidelity Management and Research (FMR) in 1997 and has since held various senior executive posts inside FMR, Fidelity Institutional Retirement Services and Fidelity Investments. She was named president in August 2012.[10]
In October 2014, Johnson was named to the additional post of chief executive of Fidelity Investments.[9]
Awards, honors, and society memberships
Johnson currently serves as a member of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA). She is the first and only woman to serve on the board of the Financial Services Forum.[10]
In 2015, she was ranked as the 19th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes. In 2014 she was ranked at #34, in 2013 at #60.[7]
See also
References
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External links
- Articles with hCards
- 1961 births
- Living people
- American billionaires
- American chief executives of financial services companies
- Female billionaires
- Harvard Business School alumni
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges alumni
- Businesspeople from Boston, Massachusetts
- American chairmen of corporations
- American women chief executives
- Booz Allen Hamilton people
- 20th-century American businesspeople
- Women in finance
- 21st-century American businesspeople
- Buckingham Browne & Nichols alumni
