Edward C. Johnson III
After graduating from Harvard in 1954, Johnson joined Fidelity
Investments in 1957 as a research analyst and then became the
portfolio manager of the Fidelity Trend Fund. He is now chair-
man of the board and CEO of Fidelity Investments.Martin Kaplan
Born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1950, Kaplan has a bachelor’s
degree from Harvard University in molecular biology and a
doctorate in modern thought and literature from Stanford
University. He also took a First in English from Cambridge
University. He was a White House speechwriter, a journalist, a
deputy presidential campaign manager, and a vice president
and writer-producer during twelve years at Disney. He wrote
and executive produced the Eddie Murphy film The Distin-
guished Gentleman. He is now a research professor and holds
the Norman Lear Chair in Entertainment, Media, and Society
at the USC Annenberg School for Communication, as well as
being a regular commentator on National Public Radio and
contributor to the Huffington Post.Brooke Knapp
Knapp is a world-renowned pilot who has set more than 120
speed records in the air. She founded and operated Jet Air-
ways, an air charter company. A former chair of the Califor-
nia Commission on Aviation and Airports and a winner of
the Federal Aviation Administration Award for Extraordinary
Service, she has been an entrepreneur in southern California
real estate and other enterprises. She has served as a presi-
dent of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and as a com-
missioner on the California Coastal Commission. She isBiographies0465014088_rm.qxd:0738208175_rm.qxd 1/9/09 4:04 PM Page 234