Abigail Johnson, chairman and chief executive of Fidelity Investments, is ranked No. 63 on the Forbes 2026 World’s Billionaires list, tied with two others, with a net worth of $33.2 billion. She is the granddaughter of Fidelity’s founder.
Abigail Johnson was born on December 19, 1961, in Boston, Massachusetts. Fidelity was founded in 1946 by her grandfather Edward C. Johnson II, and her father, Edward Johnson III, was its CEO when she joined.
Net Worth and Rank
- Forbes 2026 list: No. 63 (tied with He Xiangjian and Zheng Shuliang), with $33.2 billion
- Source of wealth: her family’s ownership of Fidelity Investments
Education
She attended Buckingham Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and graduated from William Smith College with a degree in art history in 1984. In 1985 she began as a consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, where she met her husband, and she completed an MBA at Harvard Business School in 1988.
Career at Fidelity
- 1988: joined Fidelity after Harvard, starting as an analyst and portfolio manager
- 2001: became president of Fidelity Asset Management; she unsuccessfully tried to organise a vote to remove her father as CEO over disagreements about his business decisions
- 2005: head of its retail, workplace and institutional business
- 2012, 2014, 2016: became president, then CEO, then chairman
- 2018: introduced cryptocurrency investment at Fidelity, allowing institutional investors to trade Bitcoin and Ether
Recognition
She has been on Forbes’ list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women since 2015.
Why It Matters
Fidelity is one of the largest asset managers in the United States and is privately held, so Johnson’s wealth is an estimate of her family’s stake.
Net worth figures change daily with share prices. Rankings here follow the Forbes 2026 World’s Billionaires list, with wealth measured on March 1, 2026.
Image: Abigail Johnson of Fidelity speaking at a Village Global event, December 2022. Photo: Village Global / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
