Awards & Recognition
★National Business Hall of Fame - Fortune Magazine
★National Business Hall of Fame - Wall Street Week
★Forbes '100 Greatest Business Minds' (2017)
★American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow (1991)
★Outstanding Alumnus - Wharton School (1994)
★Seton Award - National Catholic Education Association (1992)
★United Way Bay Leadership Award (1997)
★Academy of Distinguished Bostonians (2009)
★Knight of Malta and Order of St. Gregory the Great
★Honorary degrees from 15 colleges and universities
Notable Facts
→Managed Fidelity Magellan Fund 1977-1990 with legendary 29.2% annual returns
→Best-performing mutual fund in the world during his tenure
→Grew fund from $18 million to $14 billion in assets
→Coined investment terms 'ten-bagger' and popularized 'invest in what you know'
→Bestselling author of 'One Up on Wall Street' and 'Beating the Street'
→Current Vice Chairman of Fidelity Management & Research Company
→President of Lynch Foundation, donated over $250 million to charity
→Boston College School of Education named after Peter and Carolyn Lynch
→Net worth estimated at $450 million (2025), $352 million in 2006