
House of Fidelity
The Rise of the Johnson Dynasty and the Company That Changed American Investing
$54.60
- Hardcover
384 pages
- Release Date
29 September 2026
Summary
The gripping, definitive account of the secretive family behind one of the most powerful financial institutions in the world.
When Edward C. Johnson II founded Fidelity in 1946, investing was a pursuit reserved for the elite. Today, nearly $13 trillion flows through Fidelity’s customer accounts and investment funds-touching the lives of one in every six Americans. With little fanfare, Fidelity helped invent modern retail investing: democratizing access to mutual funds, introducing the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781538766958 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1538766957 |
| Author: | Justin Baer |
| Publisher: | Grand Central Publishing |
| Imprint: | Grand Central Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 29 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 571g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
“House of Fidelity pulls the curtain back on one of the country’s most powerful and mysterious financial institutions…It’s a must read.”
–William D. Cohan, New York Times bestselling author of Power Failure
“House of Fidelity is an important book, an engrossing, lively look at the transformation of both the nation’s most important investment firm – and modern-day financial markets.”–Gregory Zuckerman, author of The Man Who Solved the Market
About The Author
Justin Baer
Justin Baer is an award-winning journalist and senior writer for The Wall Street Journal. In a career that includes stints at the Financial Times and Bloomberg News, he has covered almost every significant financial event over the past two decades, including the dot-com bubble, the 2008 financial crisis and the economic fallout from the pandemic. Along the way, Baer has chronicled the ups and downs of such major institutions as Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan Chase, BlackRock and Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway.
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