ICYMI: 3 from Brookline Area Make Billionaires List

**Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on March 3.**

By Jason Claffey (Patch Staff)

Three Brookline-area residents made Forbes’ billionaires list, an annual world report that was released this week.

The three are:

• Robert Kraft (New England Patriots owner who resides in Brookline): $4.3 billion net worth
• Seth Klarman (Baupost Group CEO, Chestnut Hill): $1.5 billion
• Paul Fireman (Reebok founder, Brookline): $1 billion

Fidelity Investments President Abigail Johnson, 53, is once again the richest Bay State resident, with a net worth of $13.4 billion. Her father, former Fidelity CEO Edward Johnson, was No. 2 with $7.4 billion.

Overall, Bill Gates topped the list with a net worth $79.2 billion.

Here are all the Bay State residents who made the list:

• Abigail Johnson (Fidelity Investments President): $13.4 billion net worth
• Edward Johnson (Former Fidelity CEO): $7.4 billion
• Robert Kraft (New England Patriots owner): $4.3 billion
• Jim Davis (New Balance Chairman): $3.7 billion
• Amos Hostetter (Pilot House Associates Chair): $3.1 billion
• Phillip Ragon (InterSystems founder): $1.6 billion
• Seth Klarman (Baupost Group CEO): $1.5 billion
• Valentine Gapontsev (IPG Photonics founder): $1.3 billion
• Jim Koch (Sam Adams beer founder): $1.1 billion
• Paul Fireman (Reebok founder): $1 billion

The full list included a record 1,826 billionaires with a total net worth of over $7 trillion, Forbes said. Forty-six are under the age of 40—also a record.

Photo: Robert Kraft, Seth Klarman, and Paul Fireman. (Courtesy photos)