Charles Bartlett Johnson (born January 6, 1933) is an American billionaire businessman, with an estimated net worth of around $6.1 billion. Early life Charles Bartlett Johnson was born in 1933 in Montclair, New Jersey, to Rupert Harris Johnson and Florence Endler. His father and mother divorced during his childhood, leaving Charles to live with his mother and four siblings. His father's second marriage produced Rupert Jr., Charles' later business partner, and two other half-siblings. Johnson attended Montclair High School, and then Yale College, where he graduated in 1954. At Yale he played offensive guard for the football team and waited dining hall tables as a scholarship student. An ROTC cadet, he later served as a lieutenant in the United States Army stationed in Germany. Career Johnson and his brother, Rupert Johnson Jr., worked at Franklin Resources, a mutual fund company started by Rupert Sr. (their father) in 1947. In 1957, at the age of 24, he became CEO. He remained at the company for 56 years, and took the company public in 1971. Following talks with Sir John Templeton in 1991, the company acquired Templeton, Galbraith & Hansberger Ltd. for $913 million in 1992, and was thereafter sometimes called Franklin Templeton Investments, overseeing variety of mutual funds.Johnson stepped down as chairman in June 2013 was succeeded by his son Greg Johnson. Charles Johnson's daughter Jennifer was appointed CEO in 2019. Johnson is largest shareholder of the San Francisco Giants, owning 26% of the Major League Baseball team. Johnson purchased his share of the Giants in 1992 along with Peter Magowan and Larry Baer. He is not involved in the day-to-day operations of the franchise; Baer is the President and CEO of the franchise, and the chairman is Greg Johnson. Donations to Yale University and other philanthropy Johnson is one of his alma mater's largest benefactors, having given considerable sums to athletic and student facilities at Yale. Johnson Field, used for field hockey, was opened in 2001. In 2005, he was the principal donor to a renovation of the Yale Bowl. Johnson has also funded academic programs, including the Johnson Center for the Study of American Diplomacy and Brady–Johnson Program in Grand Strategy. In September 2013, Yale president Peter Salovey announced that Johnson had given $250 million to support the construction of two new residential colleges costing $400 million. The gift was the largest in Yale's history in nominal terms. One