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 School graduate, ranked the highest, sitting at 305 with a net worth of $7.4 billion. Josh Harris, Annette Lerner and family, and Steven’s younger brother Mitchell Rales all cracked the top 500.
Here’s a full list of those in the top 1000 with Montgomery County ties:
- Steven Rales, Whitman alum, chairman and co-founder of Danaher and founder of the Glenstone museum: $7.4 billion net worth, ranked 305
- Annette Lerner and family, Chevy Chase resident, owners of the Washington Nationals: $6.5 billion net worth, 390
- Josh Harris, Chevy Chase native, owner of the Philidelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils: $5.8 billion net worth, 442
- Mitchell Rales, Whitman alum, co-founder of Danaher: $5.5 billion net worth, 466
- Daniel Snyder, former Potomac resident, owner of the Washington Commanders: $4.9 billion net worth, 552
- Bernard Saul II, Chevy Chase resident, chairman and CEO of Saul Centers: $4 billion net worth, 699
- David Rubenstein, Bethesda resident, co-founder and co-chairman of the Carlyle Group $3.2 billion net worth, 905
For the full searchable list of Forbes’s richest people in the world, click here.
