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{{Infobox person
| name = Abigail Johnson
| image = File:Abigail_Johnson_at_the_Boston_Convention_and_Exhibition_Center_on_April_24,_2012.jpg
| caption = Abigail Johnson at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center on April 24, 2012
| birth_name = Abigail Pierrepont Johnson
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|12|19}}
| birth_place =
| residence = [[Boston, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| citizenship = American<ref name="Billionaires 2010">{{cite web
|title= The World's Billionaires (2010): #48 Abigail Johnson
|url= https://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Abigail-Johnson_WTEB.html
|work= [[Forbes]] |date= March 3, 2010 |accessdate= February 24, 2011}}
</ref>
| alma_mater = [[William Smith College]]<br/>[[Harvard Business School|Harvard University]]
| occupation = Chairwoman, CEO and President, [[Fidelity Investments]]<br>Chairman, [[Fidelity International]]
| known_for =
| boards =
| spouse = {{marriage|Christopher John McKown|June 25, 1988}}<ref name="NYTimes 1988">{{cite web
|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/26/style/abby-johnson-has-wedding.html
|title= Abby Johnson Has Wedding
|work= [[The New York Times]] |date= June 26, 1988 |accessdate= February 24, 2011}}
</ref><ref name="BusinessWeek 2002">{{cite web
| url= https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2002-07-07/fidelity-here-comes-abby
| title = Fidelity: Here Comes Abby
| work = [[BusinessWeek]] | date = 2002-07-08 | accessdate= 2016-07-24}}
</ref>
| children = 2<ref name="Billionaires 2010" /><ref name="BusinessWeek 2002" />
| relatives = Edward C. Johnson II (grandfather), [[Edward C. Johnson III]] (father), Edward C. Johnson IV (brother),<ref name="Forbes 2001">{{cite web
|first= Debra |last= Lau
|url= https://www.forbes.com/2001/05/21/0521fidelity.html
|title= Fidelity Promotes Abigail Johnson To President
|work= Forbes |date= May 21, 2001 |accessdate= February 24, 2011}}
</ref> Elizabeth Johnson (sister)
| website =
| networth = [[US$]]16.4 billion (August 2018)<ref name="Forbes 2017">[https://www.forbes.com/profile/abigail-johnson/ Abigail Johnson Forbes]</ref>
}}

'''Abigail Pierrepont Johnson'''<ref name="NYTimes 1988" /> (born December 19, 1961) is an American businesswoman. Since 2014, Johnson has been president and chief executive officer of US investment firm [[Fidelity Investments]] (FMR),<ref>{{cite news|last1=O'Donnell|first1=Carl|title=Abigail Johnson Replaces Father Edward As CEO Of Fidelity|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlodonnell/2014/10/13/abigail-johnson-replaces-father-edward-as-ceo-of-fidelity/|accessdate=December 5, 2014|publisher=Forbes|date=October 13, 2014}}</ref> and chairman of its international sister company [[Fidelity International]] (FIL). Fidelity was founded by her grandfather [[Edward C. Johnson II]]. Her father [[Edward Johnson, III|Edward C. "Ned" Johnson III]] remains chairman emeritus of FMR. As of March 2013, the Johnson family owned a 49% stake in the company, with Johnson herself holding an estimated 24.5%.<ref>{{cite web|title=Abigail Johnson|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/abigail-johnson/|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref>

In November 2016, Johnson was named chairman and will remain [[CEO]] and president, giving her full control of Fidelity with 45,000 employees worldwide.<ref name="retire">{{cite news|last1=Healy|first1=Beth|title=‘Ned’ Johnson stepping down as Fidelity chairman|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/11/21/ned-johnson-stepping-down-fidelity-chairman/PFFyKuse3NLREeiZL3WiyL/story.html|accessdate=26 December 2016|publisher=The Boston Globe|date=November 21, 2016}}</ref> Johnson's wealth is approximately $16.5 billion,<ref name="Forbes 2017" /> making her one of the world's wealthiest women.

== Early life and education ==
Johnson graduated from [[Hobart and William Smith Colleges|Hobart and William Smith]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts degree|bachelor of arts degree]] in art history in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|title=William Smith Leaders: Abigail P. Johnson ’84|url=http://www.hws.edu/centennial/johnson.asp|website=William Smith College|accessdate=May 4, 2015}}</ref> After a brief stint as a consultant at [[Booz Allen Hamilton]] from 1985–86, Johnson completed an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] at [[Harvard Business School]] and joined [[Fidelity Investments]]—which her grandfather Edward Johnson II founded in 1946<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/profile/abigail-johnson/ Abigail Johnson, President-CEO, Fidelity Investments]</ref>—as an analyst and portfolio manager in 1988.<ref name="wsjdec2014">{{cite news|last1=Grind|first1=Kirsten|title=Abigail Johnson Named CEO of Fidelity Investments|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/abigail-johnson-named-ceo-of-fidelity-investments-1413226082|accessdate=December 5, 2014|publisher=The Brick Street Journal|date=October 13, 2014}}</ref> 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.<ref name="globe">{{cite news|last1=Healy|first1=Beth|title=Abigail Johnson, after years of training, gets to put her stamp on Fidelity|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/12/05/abigail-johnson-after-years-training-gets-put-her-stamp-fidelity/Unb5tRwrL8iby2mTHoqMGN/story.html|accessdate=December 5, 2014|publisher=The Boston Globe|date=December 5, 2014}}</ref>

In October 2014, Johnson was named to the additional post of chief executive of Fidelity Investments.<ref name="wsjdec2014" />

== 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]].<ref name="globe" />

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<ref name="Forbes14">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/power-women/list/#tab:overall|title=The World's 100 Most Powerful Women|website=Forbes|publisher=Forbes|accessdate=July 20, 2015}}</ref> and in 2017 #7.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/power-women/list/#tab:overall|title=World's Most Powerful Women|work=Forbes|access-date=2018-03-29|language=en}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Lists of billionaires]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Current U.S. Richest People}}
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[[Category:1961 births]]
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[[Category:American billionaires]]
[[Category:American chief executives of financial services companies]]
[[Category:Female billionaires]]
[[Category:Harvard Business School alumni]]
[[Category:Hobart and William Smith Colleges alumni]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Boston]]
[[Category:American chairmen of corporations]]
[[Category:American women chief executives]]
[[Category:Booz Allen Hamilton people]]
[[Category:20th-century American businesspeople]]
[[Category:Women in finance]]
[[Category:21st-century American businesspeople]]
[[Category:Buckingham Browne & Nichols School alumni]]
[[Category:Fidelity International]]

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