Abigail Johnson

Abigail Pierrepont Johnson

Since 2014, Johnson has been president and chief executive of Fidelity, and chair of its former sister company Fidelity International (FIL). In November 2016, Johnson was named chair and remained CEO and president, giving her full control of Fidelity.

Johnson's net worth is approximately $47.3 billion according to Bloomberg L.P. and $35 billion according to Forbes. She is one of the world's wealthiest women and the richest person residing in Massachusetts. She is also ranked on the "Forbes list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women". She is a board member of Breakthrough Energy Ventures.

Early life

Johnson was born in Boston, Massachusetts on December 19, 1961. Johnson and her younger siblings did not feel pressured to join the family business. As a child, Johnson was attracted to her father’s work.

Career

thumb|Johnson at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in 2012.

Upon graduating from Harvard Business School in 1988, Johnson joined Fidelity Investments, which her grandfather Edward C. Johnson II founded in 1946

In 2005, she became Head of Retail, Workplace, and Institutional Business. She was named president in 2012. In 2014, she became CEO, and in 2016 she also became chairman.

As Chairman and CEO of Fidelity Investments,she has guided the firm’s expansion into digital assets and new investment products.

During this period, Fidelity launched the Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund and broadened the services of Fidelity Digital Assets, strengthening the company’s position in cryptocurrency custody and trading. She also oversaw growth in Fidelity’s technology and client-service operations. She reduced dependence on open-ended mutual funds, instead having the company focus on financial advice, brokerage services, and venture capital.

Awards and recognition

Johnson has served as a member of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation and as a member of the board of directors of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) and of MIT. She is the first and only woman to serve on the board of the Financial Services Forum.

Johnson has been included on the Forbes list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women since 2015. She was ranked 19th in 2015, 16th in 2016, seventh in 2017, fifth in 2018, seventh in 2019, ninth in 2020, fifth in 2022, eighth in 2023, sixth in 2024, and ninth in 2025.

In 2023, Johnson was ranked 13th on the list of Most Powerful Women by Fortune.

In 2024, American Banker recognized Johnson as the No. 2 Most Powerful Woman in Finance. And in 2025 she was ranked third on the publication’s Most Powerful Women in Finance list.

Personal life

Johnson is married to Christopher J. McKown. They have two daughters.

In 2002, she bought a seaside house in Nantucket Island for $9.72 million. As of 2006, she owned an estate in Milton, Massachusetts. She also owns an office building in London.

Political contributions

In 2015, Johnson donated $2,700, the maximum amount legally allowed for presidential primary campaigns, to Republican candidate Jeb Bush. In 2016, she donated about $330,000 to Hillary Clinton's campaign and the Democratic National Committee.

In 2024, Johnson was reported to have attended a fundraising event for President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign.