Richest Women - Fourth Spot: Abigail Johnson

Abigail Johnson (born January 7, 1962) runs Fidelity Investments together with her father Edward Johnson.

Fortune
Business
Country
Status
12 Billion
Fidelity
USA
Married, 2 Children
With father, Edward, runs Fidelity Investments, America's largest mutual fund company: $1.1 trillion under management. Art history major at Hobart and William Smith Colleges interned at firm 1980. Spent 2 years as consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton, then Harvard M.B.A. Returned to Fidelity 1988, followed machinery and automation stocks, managed sector funds. Ran first diversified fund 1993, became president of company's mutual fund division in 2001. Avoided taint of corruption by keeping money managers from market timing. Father reduced ownership for estate planning in 1995; now FMR's largest shareholder. (Source: Forbes)

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