{"id":"steven-rales","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/steven-rales","language":"en","name":"Steven Rales","name_en":"Steven Rales","name_ne":null,"description":"American businessman and film producer","headline":"American businessman and film producer","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Steven M. Rales is an American businessman and film producer. He founded Danaher Corporation with his brother Mitchell Rales in 1984 and is its chairman. Rales also founded the film production company Indian Paintbrush in 2006, which works closely with filmmaker Wes Anderson. His work with Anderson has resulted in three Academy Award nominations, winning Best Live Action Short Film for The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023). Rales also owns the media distribution companies Janus Films and The Criterion Collection and holds a 20% stake in the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His net worth was estimated by Forbes in 2024 to be $8.9 billion.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"31 March 1951","date":"1951-03-31"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7615005#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Bethesda","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q584451"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7615005#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United States","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7615005#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"film producer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3282637"},{"text":"art collector","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10732476"},{"text":"businessperson","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43845"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7615005#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"DePauw University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1179599"},{"text":"Washington College of Law","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167049"},{"text":"Walt Whitman High School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7964080"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7615005#P69"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1324407","date":"2024-03-10"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7615005#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Rales","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7615005"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Steven Rales born?","a":"Steven Rales was born on 31 March 1951 in Bethesda."},{"q":"Where did Steven Rales study?","a":"Steven Rales was educated at DePauw University, Washington College of Law, Walt Whitman High School."}],"related":[{"name":"Abigail Johnson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abigail-johnson"},{"name":"Alex Karp","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alex-karp"},{"name":"Alice Walton","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alice-walton"},{"name":"Arte Moreno","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/arte-moreno"},{"name":"Arthur Blank","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/arthur-blank"},{"name":"Baiju Bhatt","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/baiju-bhatt"},{"name":"Barry Diller","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/barry-diller"},{"name":"Ben Chestnut","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ben-chestnut"},{"name":"Bill Ackman","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bill-ackman"},{"name":"Bill Gates","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bill-gates"},{"name":"Bob Parsons","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bob-parsons"},{"name":"Bobby Murphy","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bobby-murphy"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/steven-rales-1f508d3ea0.jpg","width":352,"height":450,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Keithacarlson","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steven_Rales.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Steven Rales","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Rales","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q7615005","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7615005","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Steven Rales.jpg by Keithacarlson (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steven_Rales.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Steven Rales, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Steven Rales.jpg — Keithacarlson, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Steven Rales\". DigiNepal. Last updated 30 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/steven-rales. Retrieved 14 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-30T06:22:56Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-13","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/steven-rales","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/steven-rales","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/steven-rales?lang=ne"}}