
Edward Johnson III
American businessman and former chairperson of Fidelity InvestmentsWikipedia
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Oct 9, 2026
This Is Where the Rubber Meets the Road, with Jurrien Timmer
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7:27Jurrien TimmerGUEST
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7:28Jurrien TimmerGUEST
I was hired to work in the chart room by Ned Johnson himself.
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7:31Jurrien TimmerGUEST
Like, you know, if you're a PM, fine, you go through the thing.
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7:35Jurrien TimmerGUEST
But if you're working in his chart room, he, he, he vetoes wh- whoever comes through.
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7:40Jurrien TimmerGUEST
So my last out of, like, 12 interviews back in 1990, early '95, was with Ned Johnson, and we just talked about the markets, and it was, like, the most amazing experience ever.
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7:50Jurrien TimmerGUEST
But I would...
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7:52Jurrien TimmerGUEST
So a lot of those charts, uh, I, I created, um, and, you know, we were always on-
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38:45Jurrien TimmerGUEST
So it's, you can't play the m- mean reversion game other than the valuation side.
Building, Breaking, and Rebuilding Biotech | Deborah Dunsire
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71:10Deborah DunsireGUEST
And the opportunity came up at Forum, which was a company owned by the founders of Fidelity with their family, so nothing to do with the public-facing Fidelity.
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71:26Deborah DunsireGUEST
And Ned Johnson, who was at that time the CEO and chairman of Fidelity, had wanted to build a pharmaceutical company to address Alzheimer's disease.
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71:37Deborah DunsireGUEST
So one of the products was not a disease modifier, but a cognitive therapy for Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia.
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71:45Deborah DunsireGUEST
And his vision was not only to bring that forward on behalf of the patients, but to build a company in a different way.
How Jim Halperin Turned a Love for Collecting Into Heritage Auctions
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21:34Jim HalperinGUEST
And I spent the money pretty fast.
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21:37Jim HalperinGUEST
By the way, Ned Johnson, the CEO of Fidelity, bought two shares.
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21:41Jeremy PadawerHOST
[laughs] Really?
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21:43Jim HalperinGUEST
Yeah, from-
This is going to be the biggest misallocation of capital in history
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0:22George NobleGUEST
I was it.
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0:24George NobleGUEST
So, you know, but it's one of the things with Ned Johnson, they gave you opportunity three into the fire and let's see what you got.
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0:31TomHOST
The fire right now is AI you are scathing our listeners and viewers that own this stuff in their retirement plans at fidelity everywhere else as well.
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0:43TomHOST
What should be their action into the autumn?
AI Safety and Rising Yields
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2:23George NobleGUEST
So, you know.
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2:24George NobleGUEST
But, uh, uh, as with most things with Ned Johnson, they gave you opportunity, threw you into the fire and it was "Let- let's see what you got." And-
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2:31Tom KeeneHOST
The fire right now is AI.
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2:33Tom KeeneHOST
You are scathing.