COMPANY

Tools, equipment, and instrumentation manufacturer. The original company was an REIT called Diversified Mortgage Investors, founded 1969. In its present form, it is an investment vehicle for brothers Steven M. Rales and Mitchell P. Rales, who acquired the corporation in 1982, rolling it into their own Equity Group Holdings, and renamed the combined entity Danaher in 1984.

Official Website:
http://www.danaher.com/

Industry:
Manufacturing

Ticker:
NYSE:DHR

Corporate headquarters:
Washington, DC

Sales:
$11.0B (2007)

Employees:
50,000 (2008)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Arthur P. Byrne	Business	c. 1946		Partner, J. W. Childs Associates
H. Lawrence Culp, Jr.	Business	c. 1964		CEO of Danaher
Mitchell P. Rales	Business	1956		Billionaire, Danaher
Steven M. Rales	Business	c. 1951		Billionaire, Danaher

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mortimer M. Caplin	Business	c. 1915		Caplin & Drysdale
H. Lawrence Culp, Jr.	Business	c. 1964		CEO of Danaher
Donald J. Ehrlich	Business	c. 1938		Wabash National Corporation
Linda P. Hefner	Business	c. 1960		EVP at Wal-Mart
Walter G. Lohr, Jr.	Attorney	c. 1945		Partner, Hogan & Hartson
Mitchell P. Rales	Business	1956		Billionaire, Danaher
Steven M. Rales	Business	c. 1951		Billionaire, Danaher
John T. Schwieters	Business	c. 1940		Vice Chairman of Perseus LLC
Alan Spoon	Business	c. 1951		President of Washington Post Co., 1991-2000

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