Fidelity Investments

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Fidelity Investments Inc.

Formerly	Fidelity Management and Research Company
Type	Privately held company
Industry	Financial services
Founded	1946; 74 years ago (1946) (as Fidelity Management & Research)
Founder	Edward C. Johnson II
Headquarters	Boston, Massachusetts , U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Abigail Johnson (CEO)^[1]
Products	Annuities · mutual funds · IRAs · 401(k)s · 529 plans · investment funds · electronic trading platform · life insurance · checking accounts · credit cards
Services	Investment management · Brokerage firm · financial planning · wealth management
Revenue	US$18.2 billion (2017)^[2]^[3]
Operating income	US$5.3 billion (2017)^[2]
AUM	US$2.46 trillion (2018)^[4]
Owner	Abigail Johnson & family (49%) Current & former employees (51%)
Number of employees	50,000+, including 5,000 in Boston (2016)^[3]
Website	www.fidelity.com

Fidelity Investments Inc., commonly referred to as Fidelity, earlier as Fidelity Management & Research or FMR, is an American multinational financial services corporation based in Boston, Massachusetts.

It is one of the largest asset managers in the world with $2.46 trillion in assets under management as of March 2018 and a combined total customer asset value number of $6.7 trillion.^[5]^[4] Fidelity Investments operates a brokerage firm, manages a large family of mutual funds, provides fund distribution and investment advice, retirement services, Index funds, wealth management, cryptocurrency, securities execution and clearance, and life insurance.^[6]