Mitchell Rales
$4.45B
$60.8M (1.4%)
as of 09/03/26
About Mitchell Rales
Mitchell Rales and his brother Steven acquired a real estate investment trust in 1983 and merged it into the firm Danaher.
Over the years they acquired more than three dozen companies and turned Danaher into an industrial firm with nearly $24 billion in 2024 revenue.
Mitchell Rales serves as chairman of Danaher's executive committee.
Rales is also a minority owner of the NFL's Washington Commanders.
In 2021, he and his brother each transferred Danaher shares worth more than $1.5 billion to their charitable foundations.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Manufacturing, investmentsResidence
Potomac, MarylandMarital status
MarriedBirth date
08/21/56 (age 70)Number of children
2Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Miami University of OhioSelf-made
self-madeMitchell Rales’s fortune is worth
74K
troy ounces of gold
68K
median U.S. household
44K
median U.S. income
0.089%
U.S. credit card volume
0.018%
GDP of the United States
0.013%
United States debt
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Did you know?
His brother Steven founded the film production company Indian Paintbrush, which backed the movies 'Isle of Dogs,' 'Moonrise Kingdom' and 'The Grand Budapest Hotel.'
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DanaherNYSE | ENOV-US
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esabNYSE | FTV-US
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