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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, was ranked 117 with a net worth of $7.6 billion. The businessman cofounded Danaher Corporation and is chairman of its executive committee. The Potomac resident […]

The tv quiz show It’s Academic, which has featured Montgomery County high school students for decades, gained two sponsors that will enable the show to continue after Giant Food ended its sponsorship. D.C. philanthropist and co-chair of the Carlyle Group David Rubenstein and Mitre, a not for profit organization that operates federally funded research and […]

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 of whom live in Montgomery County. Announcing the #Forbes400 2020: the richest people in America https://t.co/PYp7L4Em91 pic.twitter.com/Vvi7XitC4f — Forbes (@Forbes) September 8, 2020 The five […]

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 only a few miles from each other. Here are the five: Ted Lerner and family, who ranks 128 on the Forbes’ list, with a worth […]

Four Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students have been selected as winners in the 2012 Junior Achievement Essay Competition, including one who has been named the grand prize winner. Daniela Hernandez-Fujigaki, a sophomore at Clarksburg High School, was selected as the grand prize winner. Samuel A. Scimemi, a junior at Walt Whitman High School; Isabel […]