John F. Fish

John Fish
Residence	Boston, Massachusetts
Nationality	American
Occupation	businessman
Net worth	$450 million (2006)
Spouse(s)	Cynthia (Gelsthorpe) Fish
Children	3

John Fish is an American businessman. He is the longtime chairman and CEO of Suffolk Construction Company, the largest building company in New England, and was chair of the private effort to secure Boston’s bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Fish was the chair of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and was the chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. In 2012 and 2015, Boston magazine named him the #1 most powerful person in Boston, and the 6th most influential person in Boston philanthropy in 2013.The Boston Globe named Fish Bostonian of the Year in 2015.

Fish was raised in Hingham, Massachusetts, with four siblings. Fish grew up with dyslexia. He attended Tabor Academy where he played football. He was captain of the team his senior year, and continued to play in college until he suffered a neck injury. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1982 with a political science degree.

After college, Fish worked for Peabody Construction, his father's company. When he was 23, in 1982, Fish and his father established Suffolk Construction Company, an offshoot of the family construction business, which was immediately put under Fish's control. In 2006, Fish bought out his father's stake in the company. Fish built the company into a top national construction company responsible for high-profile projects such as Boston’s Millennium Tower and a new facility at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. $2 billion in annual revenue, and almost $6 billion in projects under way in Boston. By March 2017, the company had 1,715 employees and $3 billion in annual sales.

Fish was a vocal advocate for hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics in Boston, and he was chair of the Boston 2024 Partnership, a private group that worked on the bid until the city ultimately withdrew its bid to host the Games on July 27, 2015.

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