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Brothers Steven and Mitchell Rales sit on the board of the medical tech firm they cofounded in 1984, with Steven <a href="https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/DHR/company-people">as chair</a>. The firm, based in Washington, D.C., jumped from No. 25 on the 2022 Modern Board ranking to No. 16 this year, scoring high on ESG and given the addition of senior independent nonexecutive directors. CEO Rainer Blair, who joined in September 2020, serves on the board; as do <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/danaher-announces-appointment-of-feroz-dewan-to-danaher-board-301578322.html">Feroz Dewan</a>, CEO of Arena Holdings Management; Linda Hefner Filler, former president of retail products at Walgreens; and Teri List, previously Gap’s CFO. The company also has a nine-member scientific <a href="https://www.danaher.com/who-we-are/leadership-team">advisory board</a>, all of whom hold a Ph.D. or are medical doctors. Danaher has been affected by slowing demand for COVID-19-related products and recently lowered its annual sales growth forecast owing to a funding crunch in its biotech business. The medical firm has committed to <a href="https://investors.danaher.com/2022-10-05-Danaher-Releases-2022-Sustainability-Report-and-Announces-New-Greenhouse-Gas-Emissions-Reduction-Target">new sustainability goals</a>, setting a 10-year target in 2022 to cut 50.4% of Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions.

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Aggregate sales hit $37.8 trillion last year—an increase of 19%, the highest annual growth rate in the list’s history.

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Danaher, a diversified conglomerate, scored high for having senior independent nonexecutive directors on its board, and for ESG, among other criteria. Cofounder Steven Rales has served as the board’s chairman since 1984, and Mitchell Rales, Steven’s brother and the other cofounder, serves as chairman of the executive committee. CEO Rainer Blair also serves on the board, as do Linda Hefner Filler, former president of retail at Walgreen and former chief merchandising officer of Sam’s Club and Walmart; Teri List, who is on the board of Microsoft and Visa; and Alan Spoon, former chief operating officer of the Washington Post and partner with Polaris Partners.  
 
Danaher has received analyst praise for strong long-term revenue growth, as well as steady dividend growth that has outpaced the <a href="https://seekingalpha.com/article/4493323-danaher-stock-cash-potential-capital-gains">health care sector median</a> for the past decade. The company has also demonstrated strong M&amp;A performance, deploying $11 billion in capital for acquisitions and closing 14 deals in 2021.  
 
In its <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/danaher-releases-2021-sustainability-report-building-a-strong-foundation-of-sustainability-301398406.html">2021 sustainability report,</a> Danaher announced progress toward several diversity and sustainability targets, including reaching base pay equity for women and employees of color in the U.S. The company is <a href="https://www.danaher.com/news/feature-story/danaher-pledges-commitment-diversity-inclusion">also a signatory</a> of the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion pledge.

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The conglomerate aids clients in the commercial, medical, and industrial sectors with design and marketing. Danaher experienced strong revenue growth last year from its biopharma business Cytiva, formerly GE Healthcare Life Sciences, which it acquired for $21.4 billion in 2020. More recently, the company has benefitted from strong sales of its COVID-19 diagnostic tests.

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Based in Washington, D.C., Danaher designs and manufactures products in three main segments: diagnostics, life sciences, and environmental and applied solutions.

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