Danaher DHR
Danaher is the 75th largest S&P 500 company by market cap, worth $162 billion. 11 directors have filed with the SEC in the last 12 months (who counts), 3 of them executives. 11 other officers are on file. At 30 Jun 2026, Vanguard was its largest institutional holder, with 8.8% of the company.
- CEO
- Rainer Blair
- Chair
- Steven M. Rales
- Sector
- Health Care
- Sub-industry
- Life Sciences Tools & Services
- Headquarters
- Washington, D.C.
- Founded
- 1969
- More
- Wikipedia
- Market cap
- $162B
- 75th largest, 23 Oct 2026 close
- Price to sales
- 6.6
- Market cap over revenue
- Market cap per employee
- $2.7M
- Market cap over employees
- Connections
- 5
- S&P 500 companies sharing a director or officer
Largest institutional holders
Each fund group's share of Danaher. Where a company has several share classes, the share is of its total value.
13F filings for the quarter to 30 Jun 2026
Board and officers
3 people here also hold roles at other S&P 500 companies.
Roles filed up to 30 Sep 2026
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Directors (11) | |
| Steven M. RalesChairman | |
| Rainer BlairPresident & CEO | |
| Feroz DewanDirector | |
| Linda FillerDirectorAlso at Veralto | |
| Charles W. LamannaDirector | |
| Teri ListDirectorAlso at Lululemon Athletica, Microsoft and Visa | |
| Mitchell P. RalesChairman of Exec. Committee | |
| A. Shane SandersDirector | |
| Alan G. SpoonDirector | |
| Raymond C. StevensDirector | |
| Elias A. ZerhouniDirector | |
| Officers (11) | |
| Matthew E. GuginoEVP & Chief Financial OfficerLast filed 6 Aug 2026 | |
| Christopher BoudaVP, Chief Accounting OfficerLast filed 6 Aug 2026 | |
| Georgeann CoucharaSVP, Human ResourcesLast filed 19 May 2026 | |
| Brian W. EllisSenior Vice PresidentAlso at EntergyLast filed 6 Feb 2026 | |
| R. Bradley GraySVP Strategic DevelopmentLast filed 3 Mar 2026 | |
| Jose-Carlos Gutierrez-RamosSVP, Chief Science OfficerLast filed 6 Aug 2026 | |
| Jonathan LeikenSVP-Chief Legal OfficerLast filed 6 Aug 2026 | |
| Matthew McGrewExecutive Vice PresidentLast filed 3 Mar 2026 | |
| Gregory M. MilosevichExecutive Vice PresidentLast filed 6 Aug 2026 | |
| Julie A. Sawyer MontgomeryExecutive Vice PresidentLast filed 6 Aug 2026 | |
| Christopher Paul RileyExecutive Vice PresidentLast filed 6 Aug 2026 | |
Companies that share people with Danaher
Each person's title here, then at the other company.
- Entergy ETR
- Brian W. Ellis: Senior Vice President here, Director there
- Lululemon Athletica LULU
- Teri List: Director here, Director there
- Microsoft MSFT
- Teri List: Director here, Director there
- Veralto VLTOSame company before a spin-off
- Linda Filler: Director here, Director there
- Visa V
- Teri List: Director here, Director there
Danaher's market cap since December 2008
Weekly, up to 23 Oct 2026
| Week ending | Market cap |
|---|---|
| 23 Oct 2026 | $162B |
| 26 Dec 2025 | $163B |
| 27 Dec 2024 | $167B |
| 29 Dec 2023 | $171B |
| 30 Dec 2022 | $193B |
| 31 Dec 2021 | $235B |
| 25 Dec 2020 | $157B |
| 27 Dec 2019 | $110B |
| 28 Dec 2018 | $71.4B |
| 29 Dec 2017 | $64.6B |
| 30 Dec 2016 | $53.8B |
| 25 Dec 2015 | $64.0B |
| 26 Dec 2014 | $60.9B |
| 27 Dec 2013 | $53.7B |
| 28 Dec 2012 | $38.1B |
| 30 Dec 2011 | $32.3B |
| 31 Dec 2010 | $30.9B |
| 25 Dec 2009 | $24.4B |
| 26 Dec 2008 | $17.5B |
Download Danaher's data as JSON, with the weekly market caps in billions of dollars from 5 Dec 2008.
Workforce
Headcount at 31 Dec 2025
- Employees
- 60,000
As of December 31, 2025, the Company had approximately 60,000 employees (whom we refer to as “associates”), of whom approximately 22,000 were employed in North America, 20,000 in Western Europe, 3,000 in other developed markets and 15,000 in high-growth markets.
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sales by directors and officers. Grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax are left out.
Trades from 30 Sep 2025 to 30 Sep 2026
Directors and officers sold $258 million of stock in 10 sales and made no open-market purchases in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026.
| Date | Person | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Aug 2026Sale | Rainer BlairPresident & CEO | $13M |
| 1 May 2026Sale | Alan G. SpoonDirector | $237K |
| 19 Feb 2026Sale | Gregory M. MilosevichExecutive Vice President | $275K |
| 25 Nov 2025Sale | Mitchell P. RalesChairman of Exec. Committee | $9.4M |
| 18 Nov 2025Sale | Teri ListDirector | $747K |
| 12 Nov 2025Sale | Mitchell P. RalesChairman of Exec. Committee | $96M |
| 12 Nov 2025Sale | Brian W. EllisSenior Vice President | $4.8M |
| 11 Nov 2025Sale | Matthew McGrewExecutive Vice President | $3.5M |
| 10 Nov 2025Sale | Georgeann CoucharaSVP, Human Resources | $1.1M |
| 31 Oct 2025Sale | Mitchell P. RalesChairman of Exec. Committee | $130M |
Trades by members of Congress and officials
Trades members of Congress and senior executive branch officials disclosed, including their families'. Amounts are filed as ranges.
Trades from 20 Oct 2023 to 20 Oct 2026
25 people disclosed 53 purchases and 41 sales of Danaher stock since October 2023.
| Date | Member or official | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Sep 2026 | Kevin HernHouse, R-OK · Sold | $1K to $15K |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Kevin HernHouse, R-OK · Sold | $15K to $50K |
| 23 Jul 2026 | Donald J TrumpPresident · Bought | $100K to $250K |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Donald J TrumpPresident · Bought | $1K to $15K |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Michael T. McCaulHouse, R-TX · Bought | $1K to $15K |
| 5 Jun 2026 | Michael T. McCaulHouse, R-TX · Bought | $1K to $15K |
| 3 Jun 2026 | Michael T. McCaulHouse, R-TX · Bought | $1K to $15K |
| 2 Jun 2026 | Rohit KhannaHouse, D-CA · Bought | $15K to $50K |
| 2 Jun 2026 | Michael T. McCaulHouse, R-TX · Bought | $1K to $15K |
| 22 May 2026 | Donald J TrumpPresident · Sold | $15K to $50K |
Showing 10 of 94 trades
Not on file: no WARN layoff notices under its own name since October 2023.