Parents Edward Johnson, III Citizenship United States | Name Abigail Johnson Children Julia McKown Role Businesswoman | |
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Full Name Abigail Pierrepont Johnson Born December 19, 1961 (age 62) ( 1961-12-19 ) Relatives Edward C. Johnson II (grandfather), Edward C. Johnson III (father), Edward C. Johnson IV (brother), Elizabeth Johnson (sister) Spouse Christopher J. McKown (m. 1988) Similar People Edward Johnson - III, Anne Cox Chambers, Abby Johnson, Edwin G Booz | ||
Net worth 12.3 billion USD (2015) | ||
Fidelity president abigail johnson s relentless focus
Abigail Pierrepont "Abby" Johnson (born December 19, 1961) is an American businesswoman. Since 2014, Johnson is president and chief executive officer of US investment firm Fidelity Investments (FMR), and chairwoman 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 emeritus of FMR. As of March 2013, the Johnson family owned a 49% stake in the company.
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- Fidelity president abigail johnson s relentless focus
- Abigail Johnson On Women In The Finance Field Forbes
- Early life and education
- Awards and honors
- References
In November 2016, Johnson was named chairman and will remain CEO and president, giving her full control of Fidelity with 45,000 employees worldwide. Johnson's wealth is approximately $14 billion making her one of the world's wealthiest women.
Abigail Johnson On Women In The Finance Field | Forbes
Early life and education
Johnson graduated from Hobart and William Smith with a bachelor of arts degree in art history in 1984. After brief stint as a consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton from 1985–86, Johnson completed an MBA at Harvard Business School and joined Fidelity—which her grandfather Edward Johnson II founded in 1946—as an analyst and portfolio manager in 1988. 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.
In October 2014, Johnson was named to the additional post of chief executive of Fidelity Investments.
Awards and honors
Johnson is a member of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation. She is 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.
In 2016, "Forbes" ranked her as the 16th most powerful woman in the world. In 2015, She was ranked as #19. In 2014, she was #34,