Danaher's CEO is Rainer Blair, appointed in Sep 2020, has a tenure of 5.75 years. total yearly compensation is $23.80M, comprised of 5.9% salary and 94.1% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.01% of the company’s shares, worth €11.16M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.4 years and 14.8 years respectively.
Key information
Rainer Blair
Chief executive officer
US$23.8m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
5.88%
CEO tenure
5.8yrs
CEO ownership
0.01%
Management average tenure
2.4yrs
Board average tenure
14.8yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Rainer Blair's remuneration changed compared to Danaher's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Mar 27 2026
n/a
n/a
US$4b
Dec 31 2025
US$24m
US$1m
US$4b
Sep 26 2025
n/a
n/a
US$4b
Jun 27 2025
n/a
n/a
US$3b
Mar 28 2025
n/a
n/a
US$4b
Dec 31 2024
US$22m
US$1m
US$4b
Sep 27 2024
n/a
n/a
US$4b
Jun 28 2024
n/a
n/a
US$4b
Mar 29 2024
n/a
n/a
US$4b
Dec 31 2023
US$21m
US$1m
US$4b
Sep 29 2023
n/a
n/a
US$4b
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
US$5b
Mar 31 2023
n/a
n/a
US$6b
Dec 31 2022
US$20m
US$1m
US$6b
Sep 30 2022
n/a
n/a
US$7b
Jul 01 2022
n/a
n/a
US$6b
Apr 01 2022
n/a
n/a
US$6b
Dec 31 2021
US$17m
US$1m
US$5b
Oct 01 2021
n/a
n/a
US$6b
Jul 02 2021
n/a
n/a
US$5b
Apr 02 2021
n/a
n/a
US$5b
Dec 31 2020
US$10m
US$949k
US$4b
Oct 02 2020
n/a
n/a
US$3b
Jul 03 2020
n/a
n/a
US$3b
Apr 03 2020
n/a
n/a
US$3b
Dec 31 2019
US$7m
US$840k
US$2b
Compensation vs Market: Rainer's total compensation ($USD23.80M) is above average for companies of similar size in the Italian market ($USD3.89M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Rainer's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Rainer Blair (62 yo)
5.8yrs
Tenure
US$23,795,280
Compensation
Mr. Rainer M. Blair serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director at Nestlé S.A. since April 20, 2023. He serves as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director at Danaher Corporation since September...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Steven Rales
Co-Founder & Chairman
43.4yrs
no data
5.97% € 6.7b
Rainer Blair
President
5.8yrs
US$23.80m
0.0099% € 11.2m
Mitchell Rales
Co-Founder & Director
43.4yrs
no data
4.77% € 5.4b
Jose-Carlos Gutierrez-Ramos
Senior VP & Chief Science Officer
5.5yrs
US$6.24m
0.0011% € 1.3m
Matthew McGrew
Executive Vice President
less than a year
US$7.97m
0.0040% € 4.5m
Christopher Riley
Executive VP of Biotechnology Group & CEO of Cytiva
2.4yrs
US$11.26m
0.00059% € 663.9k
Julie Montgomery
Executive Vice President of Diagnostics Platform
1.9yrs
US$11.30m
0.00080% € 900.2k
Matthew Gugino
Executive VP & CFO
less than a year
no data
0.0011% € 1.2m
Christopher Bouda
VP & Chief Accounting Officer
4.4yrs
no data
0.00098% € 1.1m
Martin Stumpe
Chief Technology & AI Officer
less than a year
no data
no data
Rachel Vatnsdal Olson
Vice President of Investor Relations
no data
no data
no data
Jonathan Leiken
Senior VP & Chief Legal Officer
less than a year
no data
no data
2.4yrs
Average Tenure
54yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: 1DHR's management team is considered experienced (2.4 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Steven Rales
Co-Founder & Chairman
43.4yrs
no data
5.97% € 6.7b
Rainer Blair
President
5.8yrs
US$23.80m
0.0099% € 11.2m
Mitchell Rales
Co-Founder & Director
43.4yrs
no data
4.77% € 5.4b
Alan Spoon
Independent Director
27.4yrs
US$351.03k
0.012% € 13.8m
Elias Zerhouni
Independent Director
17.4yrs
US$373.53k
0.0023% € 2.6m
Raymond Stevens
Independent Director
9.3yrs
US$351.03k
0% € 0
Robert Hershberg
Member of Scientific Advisory Board
no data
no data
no data
Angela Caliendo
Member of Scientific Advisory Board
5.2yrs
no data
no data
Linda Filler
Lead Independent Director
20.5yrs
US$413.53k
0.0031% € 3.4m
James Collins
Member of Scientific Advisory Board
5.2yrs
no data
no data
Teri List-Stoll
Independent Director
14.8yrs
US$379.53k
0% € 0
A. Sanders
Independent Director
5.1yrs
US$378.53k
0% € 0
14.8yrs
Average Tenure
64yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: 1DHR's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 14.8 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/06/09 05:17
End of Day Share Price
2026/06/09 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/27
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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Analyst Sources
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