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Fidelity fund star an early Facebook fan

Will Danoff will almost certainly emerge as one of the biggest Facebook Inc. shareholders in the mutual fund world once the social media giant goes public later this month. Danoff manages the $80 billion Fidelity Contrafund and already owns Facebook shares sold privately to big institutional investors last year. He’s likely to buy more at the initial public stock offering.

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