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Fidelity Investments CEO Abigail Johnson at the Allen & Co. Sun Valley
conference in July 2019. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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FIDELITY, ONCE STODGY AND ADRIFT, BETS ON THE REDDIT CROWD


ABBY JOHNSON, A CEO SOME DOUBTED, HAS LIFTED THE FIRM’S PROFITS WHILE RESHAPING
IT FOR THE GENERATION OF YOUNG INVESTORS SPURRED BY THE PANDEMIC

Fidelity Investments CEO Abigail Johnson at the Allen & Co. Sun Valley
conference in July 2019. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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Justin Baer
Updated Jan. 25, 2022 5:51 pm ET

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Fidelity Investments Chief Executive Abigail Johnson, granddaughter of the
financial behemoth’s founder, checks the pulse of the investing world from an
unlikely place these days: Reddit’s stock-picking forums.

Not long ago, Fidelity appeared to some adrift and old-fashioned. Profits were
down. Its mutual funds’ star stock pickers were losing clients. A firm that once
stood as the world’s biggest money manager had slipped behind BlackRock Inc. and
Vanguard Group. Some inside the family-controlled firm worried Ms. Johnson
wasn’t bold enough to lead it.

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