President and CEO · Danaher Corp (DHR)

Rainer Blair

A named executive officer of Danaher in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2017 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$23,795,280

FY2024: $22,107,164

1st of 5 named executive officers at Danaher by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for Danaher, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 25, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Rainer Blair compensation by year

Danaher Summary Compensation Table · all 9 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Danaher reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$625,000$700,000$840,000$949,067$1,200,000$1,300,000$1,300,000$1,350,000$1,400,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,390,207$1,655,066$2,565,951$3,616,939$5,124,383$7,239,213$8,068,474$8,888,611$9,292,370
Option awards$1,103,517$1,343,570$2,053,766$2,968,651$6,260,494$7,029,061$7,509,417$8,068,132$8,386,657
Non-equity incentive$1,000,000$1,275,750$1,589,700$2,519,339$4,128,000$4,222,400$3,541,200$3,294,000$4,194,400
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$112,539$114,981$129,232$342,765$439,390$405,353$484,191$506,421$521,853
Total$4,231,263$5,089,367$7,178,649$10,396,761$17,152,267$20,196,027$20,903,282$22,107,164$23,795,280

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Danaher Corp DEF 14A filed March 25, 2026, accession 0000313616-26-000101, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Danaher Corp filed document, accession 0000313616-26-000101. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 25, 2026.

$4.2M
$5.1M
$7.2M
$10.4M
$17.2M
$20.2M
$20.9M
$22.1M
$23.8M
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU19,900$18,392,980—
RSU8,474$1,968,590—
RSU7,817$1,807,800—
Option41,457—$241.22
Option114,143—$207.76
Option46,405—$198.09
Option74,443—$255.87
Option91,602—$221.29

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Danaher Corp's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

3 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 25, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-08-21Sale—11,307$217.7746,948
2026-08-21Sale—39,193$218.737,755
2026-08-21Sale—7,755$219.350

The 3 most recent of 3 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Danaher’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Rainer Blair · this pagePresident and CEO$23,795,280
Julie MontgomeryExecutive Vice President$11,295,279
Christopher RileyExecutive Vice President$11,255,848
Matthew McGrewExecutive Vice President and CFO$7,967,519
Jose-Carlos Gutierrez-RamosExecutive Vice President$6,243,771

Board service

Danaher board · FY2021–FY2025

Committees

Executive · Finance · Science & Technology

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