Johnson vs Jindal
Fidelity Investments (FMR LLC) and JSW Steel.


The differences
- Forbes puts Abigail Johnson about $3.3B ahead of Savitri Jindal.Forbes figures from 16 Oct 2026 and 9 Oct 2026.
- Abigail Johnson: inherited and grew it. Savitri Jindal: through marriage.
- Savitri Jindal is about 11 years older than Abigail Johnson.
- Abigail Johnson is from United States; Savitri Jindal is from India.
- Savitri Jindal has held a public or government advisory role; Abigail Johnson has none on record.
Put someone else on either side
Side by side
The money
- Net worth, Forbes
- $41.6BForbes, 16 Oct 2026
- $38.3BForbes, 9 Oct 2026
- Net worth, Bloomberg
- $48.3BBloomberg, 16 Oct 2026
- $32.7BBloomberg, 17 Oct 2026
- Forbes rank
- No. 48Real-Time list, 16 Oct 2026
- No. 55Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026
- Billionaire since
- Not stated
- Not stated
Where it came from
- 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'
- Through marriageTook over as chair of the O.P. Jindal Group and control of her husband's stake after his death in 2005; he founded the group in 1952
- 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'
- O.P. Jindal Group: stakes in JSW Steel, JSW Energy, Jindal Steel & Power, Jindal Stainless, Jindal Saw, JSW Infrastructure and JSW Holdings
- Companies
- Fidelity Investments (FMR LLC)Fidelity Investments (FMR LLC): Chairman and CEO
- JSW Steel, Jindal StainlessJSW Steel: None stated; run by her son Sajjan Jindal; Jindal Stainless: Chairperson emeritus of the O.P. Jindal Group, listed on the board page
- Biggest stake
- Fidelity Investments (FMR LLC)32.74% owned
- JSW SteelStake not stated
The person
- Born
- 19 Dec 1961Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- 20 Mar 1950Tinsukia, Assam, India
- Country
- United StatesLives in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- IndiaLives in Hisar, India
- Education
- Graduate degreeBA art history, Hobart and William Smith Colleges (1984); MBA, Harvard Business School (1988)
- No universityMatriculation
- 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
- Not stated
What they give
- Giving Pledge
- Not a signer
- Not a signer
- Foundation
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Lifetime giving
- Not stated
- Not stated
Role and record
- Role now
- Runs the companyChairman and CEO of Fidelity Investments (FMR LLC)
- Chair of the boardChairperson emeritus of the O.P. Jindal Group; member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly for Hisar
- 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
- Her four sons run the group's companies independently: Prithviraj (Jindal Saw), Sajjan (JSW Group), Ratan (Jindal Stainless) and Naveen (Jindal Steel)
- Public office
- None found
- Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly for Hisar; Haryana power minister; Haryana minister of state for revenue, disaster management, rehabilitation and housing; Haryana minister for urban local bodies; Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly for Hisar2005-2014; until 2009; 2006; 2013; 2024-
- Legal record
- None found
- 2013: Punjab and Haryana High CourtThe court directed her to vacate her official residence, held after her term as power minister ended in 2009, and imposed a penalty.
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