Rainer M. Blair

Rainer Blair is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Danaher Corporation (DHR). Beginning September 2020, Rainer has led Danaher’s $21 billion global, multi-industry portfolio of businesses. With the help of Danaher’s 67,000 global associates, he is focused on further strengthening Danaher’s position as a leading science and technology company.

Rainer is a dedicated leader and practitioner of the Danaher Business System, the company’s pre-eminent operating model and cultural foundation. He is deeply committed to the company’s Core Values and Shared Purpose: Helping Realize Life’s Potential. He has been a principal architect of Danaher’s associate engagement strategy and Diversity + Inclusion journey.

I am honored to carry on Danaher’s legacy of exceeding the expectations of our customers, associates, and shareholders globally. My priority is to build an inclusive culture centered around our Shared Purpose— Helping Realize Life’s Potential, our Core Values and the Danaher Business System.

 Rainer is a dedicated leader and practitioner of the Danaher Business System, the company’s pre-eminent operating model and cultural foundation. He is deeply committed to the company’s Core Values and Shared Purpose: Helping Realize Life’s Potential. He has been a principle architect of Danaher’s associate engagement strategy and Diversity + Inclusion journey.  

Rainer brings more than 30 years of deep and diverse experience to his current role. Rainer joined Danaher in 2010 and held leadership roles across several operating companies before being named Executive Vice President of Danaher’s Life Sciences platform in 2017. Through a combination of organic and inorganic growth investments, he helped Danaher build a portfolio of Life Sciences businesses uniquely positioned to reduce time to market and cost of biologic drugs. Under his leadership, the Life Sciences platform annual revenues increased five-fold to approximately $10 billion today. 

Prior to Danaher, Rainer was President and CEO for MAPEI Americas, a $2.3 billion global, diversified construction chemical corporation. He previously spent 15 years with BASF Group on three continents with progressively larger leadership roles.