2. Abigail Johnson
Net worth: $16.5 Billion
Abigail Johnson’s grandfather, Edward Johnson II, founded mutual fund giant Fidelity Investments in 1946.
She worked summers at Fidelity through college and joined full-time as an analyst in 1988 after receiving a Harvard M.B.A.
She took over from her father Edward “Ned” Johnson III as CEO in 2014 and as chairman in 2016.
She owns an estimated 24.5% stake of the firm, which has $2.4 trillion in managed assets.
Her two siblings, Elizabeth and Edward IV, own estimated stakes of just over 5% of Fidelity.