Edward C. Johnson II
Edward Crosby Johnson II was an American businessman and lawyer who founded Fidelity Investments.
Johnson came from a family of New England Puritan ancestry. He graduated from Milton Academy, Harvard College and Harvard Law School and became involved in stock market research in 1924. In 1946, he founded Fidelity Management and Research, and he served as its chairman. He died in Cataumet, Massachusetts of Alzheimer's disease in 1984, and his funeral was held at Milton's Universalist First Parish Church.
