Whitman Alum Wins Academy Award
Steven Rales, a 72-year-old native of Bethesda, won the Academy Award for best live-action short film Sunday night. Rales received the Oscar along with director Wes Anderson for “The Wonderful… Read More
Mitchell Rales
Montgomery County Billionaires Who Made Forbes 400 List
Current and former Montgomery County residents are featured prominently in The Forbes 2023 list of the 400 wealthiest Americans. Josh Harris, 58, came in as the 147th richest person in… Read More
Snyder Among Billionaires With Montgomery County Ties Ranked in Forbes’ ‘Richest in 2023’ List
Seven people with Montgomery County ties were ranked in the top 1000 of Forbes’ recently updated list of the richest people in the world. Steven Rales, a Walt Whitman High… Read More
Report: Snyder Nears Deal to Sell Commanders to Josh Harris-Led Group
Dan Snyder has reached an agreement in principle to sell the Washington Commanders for $6 billion to a group led by Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils’ owner Josh Harris… Read More
Report: Rales Partnering with Harris in Attempt to Buy Commanders
Billionaire Mitchell Rales, co-founder of Danaher Corporation in Washington, D.C.and the Glenstone museum in Potomac, is partnering with fellow billionaire Josh Harris, owner of the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers and the… Read More
Forbes: Five of America’s Richest Live in Montgomery County
Five billionaires who call Montgomery County home made The Forbes 2021 list of the 400 wealthiest Americans, although the richest county resident only clocked in at 117. Mitchell Rales, 65,… Read More
Montgomery County Home to Five Forbes 400 Billionaires
The greater Washington D.C. area is home to many things, including politicians, sports teams, and bad traffic. It’s also home to some of the wealthiest people in the country, five… Read More
Five Billionaires From Montgomery County Make Forbes Richest List
Five Montgomery County men show up on Forbes magazine 2019 list of the 400 richest Americans, and if they wanted, they could carpool. All five are downcounty residents who live… Read More