Johnson vs Thiel

Fidelity Investments (FMR LLC) and Palantir.

The differences

Forbes puts Abigail Johnson about $1.7B ahead of Peter Thiel.Forbes figures from 16 Oct 2026 and 11 Oct 2026.
Abigail Johnson: inherited and grew it. Peter Thiel: co-founded it.
Abigail Johnson is about 6 years older than Peter Thiel.

Put someone else on either side

Johnson

Thiel

Net worth, Forbes: $41.6BForbes, 16 Oct 2026; $39.9BForbes, 11 Oct 2026
Net worth, Bloomberg: $48.3BBloomberg, 16 Oct 2026; Not stated
Forbes rank: No. 48Real-Time list, 16 Oct 2026; No. 63Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026
Billionaire since: Not stated; Not stated

How it started: Inherited and grew itHer grandfather Edward C. Johnson II founded Fidelity in 1946; she joined full-time in 1988 and succeeded her father as CEO in 2014. Forbes' 2006 list described her fortune as 'inherited and growing'; Co-founded itCo-founded PayPal in 1998 and Palantir in 2003; invested $500,000 in Facebook in 2004
Main source: Her stake in FMR, the parent of Fidelity InvestmentsBloomberg: 'The majority of Abigail Johnson's fortune is derived from her 32.74% stake in FMR'; Palantir stock, Founders Fund and other investmentsBloomberg: seeded by investments including Facebook and PayPal; Forbes lists 'Facebook, investments'
Companies: Fidelity Investments (FMR LLC)Fidelity Investments (FMR LLC): Chairman and CEO; Palantir, Founders FundPalantir: Co-founder and chairman; Founders Fund: Partner
Biggest stake: Fidelity Investments (FMR LLC)32.74% owned; Founders Fund42.5% owned

Born: 19 Dec 1961Boston, Massachusetts, United States; 11 Oct 1967Frankfurt am Main, West Germany
Country: United StatesLives in Boston, Massachusetts, United States; United StatesLives in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Education: Graduate degreeBA art history, Hobart and William Smith Colleges (1984); MBA, Harvard Business School (1988); Graduate degreeJD, Stanford Law School (1992); BA, Stanford University (1989)
Parents: Daughter of Edward C. 'Ned' Johnson III, who ran Fidelity before her and built it into one of the largest mutual fund companies; granddaughter of its founder; Father was a chemical engineer whose work moved the family from Ohio to South West Africa before they settled in Foster City, California

Role now: Runs the companyChairman and CEO of Fidelity Investments (FMR LLC); Chair of the boardChairman of Palantir; partner at Founders Fund; president of Thiel Capital
Successor: None namedShe succeeded her father as CEO in 2014; her brother Edward Johnson IV runs Pembroke Real Estate, affiliated with FMR, and her sister Elizabeth is not involved at Fidelity; Not stated
Public office: None found; None found
Legal record: None found; 2018: US Bankruptcy Court; 2022: Delaware Court of ChanceryThe bankruptcy court approved a settlement between him and Gawker Media's estate, ending litigation with the publisher whose bankruptcy followed a privacy suit he had funded. The court approved a settlement of a shareholder class action against him and Palantir's other co-founders over their founder voting shares, and dismissed the case with prejudice.