Abigail Johnson
Businesswoman
1961-12-19
Abigail Pierrepont Johnson is an American billionaire businesswoman, heiress and chief executive of Fidelity Investments. Her family and their affliates own approximately 40% of Fidelity Investments, which was founded by her grandfather, Edward C
Books by Abigail Johnson
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If I fix you
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Even If I Fall
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If You Were Here
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Quotes by Abigail Johnson
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Blockchain technology isn't just a more efficient way to settle securities. It will fundamentally change market structures, and maybe even the architecture of the Internet itself.
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When computer systems cause errors, you can end up with The Dreaded NIGO - the 'not in good order' transaction.
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I like analyzing and managing large-scale transaction processing platforms, record-keeping administration, and brokerage trading services.
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We need to come up with use cases for this technology that drive clear benefits for individuals and institutions - these are our customers. Too often we see bitcoin and blockchain technologies as solutions in search of a problem. We don't just need these systems to be technically better than the alternatives - we need them to be more user-friendly.
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I am in a traditional financial services business - but we at Fidelity can see that the evolution of technology is setting our industry up for disruption. What if this technology could do for the transfer of value what the Internet did for the transfer of information?
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